IC 2160
IC 2160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2160 as it looked roughly 223 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 1956Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2012Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2089Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2144Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2103Spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2012Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2199Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2089Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2144Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2103Spiral29 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).