IC 2029
IC 2029
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
468 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 468 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2029 as it looked roughly 468 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2023Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2018Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2028Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2046Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2021Barred spiral39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2018Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2028Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 2046Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2021Barred spiral39 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).