IC 2150
IC 2150
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
146 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 146 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2150 as it looked roughly 146 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 2153 NED01Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2153 NED02Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 2049Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular44 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2153 NED02Irregular16 million ly
apartNGC 2049Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular44 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).