IC 2023
IC 2023
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
464 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 464 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2023 as it looked roughly 464 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 2028Spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 2029Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2018Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2046Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2021Barred spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2029Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 2018Spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 1500Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2046Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2021Barred spiral35 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).