IC 2155
IC 2155
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
687 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 687 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2155 as it looked roughly 687 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
NGC 1759Elliptical190 million ly
apartNGC 1989Elliptical200 million ly
apartNGC 1992Lenticular200 million ly
apartIC 408Lenticular240 million ly
apartIC 411Lenticular270 million ly
apartNGC 2008Spiral270 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1989Elliptical200 million ly
apartNGC 1992Lenticular200 million ly
apartIC 408Lenticular240 million ly
apartIC 411Lenticular270 million ly
apartNGC 2008Spiral270 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).