IC 212
IC 212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
516 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 516 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 212 as it looked roughly 516 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 1780Lenticular39 million ly
apartIC 1748Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1806Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy74 million ly
apartIC 1832Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical81 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1748Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 1806Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy74 million ly
apartIC 1832Lenticular77 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical81 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).