IC 2082 NED01
IC 2082 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
194k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2082 NED01 as it looked roughly 541 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 2066Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2079Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2024Barred spiral41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2082 NED02Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2043Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2079Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2050Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2024Barred spiral41 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).