IC 2082 NED02
IC 2082 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
558 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
165k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 558 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2082 NED02 as it looked roughly 558 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 2050Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2066Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2043Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2066Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 2081Elliptical35 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).