IC 2016
IC 2016
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2016 as it looked roughly 305 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 358Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 357Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1497Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1508Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 1539Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 1474Spiral77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 357Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 1497Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1508Elliptical42 million ly
apartNGC 1539Elliptical58 million ly
apartNGC 1474Spiral77 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).