IC 2050
IC 2050
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
576 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
196k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 576 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2050 as it looked roughly 576 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 2033Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2083Lenticular36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2043Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 2083Lenticular36 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).