IC 199
IC 199
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 199 as it looked roughly 430 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 198Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 214Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy36 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy46 million ly
apartNGC 766Elliptical54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 202Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 214Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy36 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy46 million ly
apartNGC 766Elliptical54 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).