IC 214
IC 214
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
420 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 420 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 214 as it looked roughly 420 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 1786Galaxy3.9 million ly
apartIC 202Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 199Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 198Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1820Galaxy43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 202Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy33 million ly
apartIC 199Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 198Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 1820Galaxy43 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).