IC 2112
IC 2112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
499 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 499 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2112 as it looked roughly 499 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
NGC 1875Elliptical86 million ly
apartIC 404Lenticular91 million ly
apartNGC 1690Elliptical94 million ly
apartNGC 1661Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 383Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 379Spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 404Lenticular91 million ly
apartNGC 1690Elliptical94 million ly
apartNGC 1661Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 383Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 379Spiral130 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).