IC 2064
IC 2064
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
445 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 445 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2064 as it looked roughly 445 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 1563Galaxy9.0 million ly
apartNGC 1562Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1547Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1562Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1564Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 1565Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 367Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 1547Barred spiral21 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).