IC 2158
IC 2158
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2158 as it looked roughly 75 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 2131Irregular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 2217Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2267Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2295Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2217Lenticular4.9 million ly
apartNGC 2267Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2139Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2137Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2295Spiral12 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).