IC 2142
IC 2142
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
82 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 82 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2142 as it looked roughly 82 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 2051Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3149Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2397BIrregular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2442Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3149Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 2397BIrregular22 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).