IC 206
IC 206
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
230 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 230 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 206 as it looked roughly 230 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 207Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 219Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 787Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 881Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 219Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 787Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 881Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral21 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).