IC 2097
IC 2097
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2097 as it looked roughly 232 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 1643Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 1645Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1645Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 1678Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 389Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 1618Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 1622Spiral17 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).