IC 197
IC 197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 197 as it looked roughly 294 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 194Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 867Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 800Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 856Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 742Elliptical26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 867Lenticular19 million ly
apartIC 218Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 800Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 856Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 742Elliptical26 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).