IC 2057
IC 2057
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
345 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 345 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2057 as it looked roughly 345 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 365Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 383Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 1671Lenticular65 million ly
apartNGC 1409Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical78 million ly
apartIC 331Elliptical79 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 383Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 1671Lenticular65 million ly
apartNGC 1409Lenticular69 million ly
apartIC 329Elliptical78 million ly
apartIC 331Elliptical79 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).