IC 2041
IC 2041
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2041 as it looked roughly 52 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 1531Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 1532Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1532Barred spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 1993Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 1484Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1406Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1679Barred spiral7.5 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).