IC 2101
IC 2101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
213 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 213 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2101 as it looked roughly 213 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 1667Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 1659Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 390Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1659Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 387Spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 388 NED02Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 390Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 1685Lenticular12 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).