IC 2045
IC 2045
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
424 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 424 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2045 as it looked roughly 424 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 362Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1509Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 367Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 1509Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 1561Elliptical25 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).