IC 2163
IC 2163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
11.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2163 as it looked roughly 129 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 2207Spiral370,000 ly
apartNGC 2216Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2216Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2179Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartNGC 2223Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2263Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral14 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).