IC 216
IC 216
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
139 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 139 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 216 as it looked roughly 139 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 851Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 211Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1032Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1015Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1137Barred spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 211Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 1032Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 1090Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1015Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 1137Barred spiral26 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).