IC 2058
IC 2058
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
65 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 65 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2058 as it looked roughly 65 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 1536Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2049Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2049Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1546Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 1672Barred spiral6.0 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).