IC 2119
IC 2119
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
442 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
154k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 442 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2119 as it looked roughly 442 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 411Lenticular45 million ly
apartNGC 1631Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 1630Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 408Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 2125Lenticular61 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1631Lenticular51 million ly
apartNGC 1692Lenticular53 million ly
apartNGC 1630Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 408Lenticular60 million ly
apartIC 2125Lenticular61 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).