IC 2051
IC 2051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2051 as it looked roughly 81 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 2142Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3149Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 406Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3620Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 802Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3149Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 406Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3620Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1511BBarred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 802Lenticular25 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).