IC 2184 NED02
IC 2184 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2184 NED02 as it looked roughly 167 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 2441Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 2523Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2523Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2523CElliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2550ASpiral14 million ly
apartIC 2174Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 449Elliptical15 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).