IC 2079
IC 2079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
501 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
204k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 501 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2079 as it looked roughly 501 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 2046Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 2066Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED01Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2029Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2018Spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2066Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED01Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 2029Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2018Spiral48 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).