IC 2174
IC 2174
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
177 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 177 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2174 as it looked roughly 177 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 2314Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartNGC 2258Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2258Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2523BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2184 NED02Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical16 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).