IC 2056
IC 2056
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2056 as it looked roughly 53 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
NGC 1543Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1553Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1553Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 2032Irregular5.6 million ly
apartNGC 1688Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 1549Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 1515Spiral6.2 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).