IC 190
IC 190
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 190 as it looked roughly 221 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 776Spiral7.5 million ly
apartIC 180Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 1764Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 722Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 180Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 1764Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 722Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 188Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral18 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).