IC 2125
IC 2125
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2125 as it looked roughly 425 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 411Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 408Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 1992Lenticular76 million ly
apartNGC 1989Elliptical83 million ly
apartNGC 1631Lenticular93 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 408Lenticular59 million ly
apartIC 2119Barred spiral61 million ly
apartNGC 1992Lenticular76 million ly
apartNGC 1989Elliptical83 million ly
apartNGC 1631Lenticular93 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).