IC 207
IC 207
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
225 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 225 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 207 as it looked roughly 225 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 206Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 787Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 219Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 960Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 787Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 762Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 219Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 960Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 713Barred spiral24 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).