IC 2012 NED01
IC 2012 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
968 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
144k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 968 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2012 NED01 as it looked roughly 968 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 1996Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral160 million ly
apartIC 1917Lenticular160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1942 NED02Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 1951Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 1945Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 1915Barred spiral160 million ly
apartIC 1917Lenticular160 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).