IC 2
IC 2
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2 as it looked roughly 319 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 1529Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 62Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 19Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 62Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 5Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 19Elliptical31 million ly
apartNGC 7761Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 27Galaxy32 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).