IC 2073
IC 2073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
186 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 186 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2073 as it looked roughly 186 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 2065Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 1803Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1926Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1803Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 1680Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 1567Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 1926Barred spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 1595Elliptical37 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).