IC 215
IC 215
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 215 as it looked roughly 98 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 210Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 895Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 811Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 895Spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 811Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical18 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).