IC 188
IC 188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
234 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 234 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 188 as it looked roughly 234 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 187Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 1764Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1764Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 780Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 776Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral13 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).