IC 2040
IC 2040
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2040 as it looked roughly 62 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
NGC 1537Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 2006Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1436Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1427Elliptical8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2006Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 1436Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1460Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1427Elliptical8.5 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).