IC 217
IC 217
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
89 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 89 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 217 as it looked roughly 89 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 811Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 210Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 215Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 210Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 215Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular14 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).