IC 2066
IC 2066
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
530 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 530 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2066 as it looked roughly 530 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 2082 NED01Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 2079Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1506Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 2024Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2043Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 2079Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 1506Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 2024Barred spiral38 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).