IC 2143
IC 2143
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
143 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 143 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2143 as it looked roughly 143 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 438Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2151Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1993Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2151Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 1993Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 2073Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2124Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2089Elliptical11 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).