IC 2094
IC 2094
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
625 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
189k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 625 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2094 as it looked roughly 625 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 393Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 375Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 2063Spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 1650Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 2112Galaxy160 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical170 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 375Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 2063Spiral160 million ly
apartNGC 1650Elliptical160 million ly
apartIC 2112Galaxy160 million ly
apartNGC 1597Elliptical170 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).