IC 2007
IC 2007
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
71 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 71 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2007 as it looked roughly 71 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 1385Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 1438Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1401Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1438Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 1398Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 1401Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartNGC 1415Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1426Elliptical9.4 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).