IC 2083
IC 2083
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
601 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
166k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 601 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2083 as it looked roughly 601 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 2081Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 2086Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2033Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 1515ABarred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2086Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2033Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical43 million ly
apartNGC 1515ABarred spiral47 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).