IC 1980
IC 1980
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1980 as it looked roughly 68 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 2049Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2058Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1536Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1602Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2058Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 1566Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1536Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartNGC 1596Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 1602Barred spiral11 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).