IC 2122
IC 2122
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2122 as it looked roughly 217 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 1930Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 1658Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1658Barred spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 1616Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2106Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 1585Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2068Lenticular42 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).