IC 2037
IC 2037
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
388 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
196k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 388 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2037 as it looked roughly 388 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 2034Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 1960Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 1765Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 1796ASpiral55 million ly
apartIC 1908Barred spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1960Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2014Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 1765Elliptical53 million ly
apartNGC 1796ASpiral55 million ly
apartIC 1908Barred spiral56 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).