IC 2152
IC 2152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
87 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 87 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2152 as it looked roughly 87 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 2139Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2106Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 1979Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular11 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).