IC 2063
IC 2063
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
521 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 521 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2063 as it looked roughly 521 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 375Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 1650Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular68 million ly
apartIC 393Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1650Elliptical52 million ly
apartNGC 1623Lenticular63 million ly
apartIC 369Lenticular68 million ly
apartIC 393Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical69 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).