IC 2187
IC 2187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2187 as it looked roughly 383 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
IC 2188Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 2406Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2407Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 2398Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2191Elliptical59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2406Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2407Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 2398Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular49 million ly
apartIC 2191Elliptical59 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).