IC 2129
IC 2129
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
85 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 85 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2129 as it looked roughly 85 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 1979Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 2152Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1886Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2106Lenticular8.3 million ly
apartIC 2152Barred spiral9.4 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).