IC 2035
IC 2035
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2035 as it looked roughly 68 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 1986Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2009Irregular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1495Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 1970Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1476Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2009Irregular7.7 million ly
apartNGC 1495Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 1970Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1476Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral12 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).