IC 2081
IC 2081
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
593 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
172k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 593 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2081 as it looked roughly 593 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 2086Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 2083Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 2033Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2025Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2083Lenticular9.4 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 2033Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 2025Barred spiral47 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).