IC 2137
IC 2137
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2137 as it looked roughly 80 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 1979Elliptical1.2 million ly
apartNGC 1964Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1964Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 1886Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2129Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 2131Irregular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral10 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).