IC 2190
IC 2190
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
498 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 498 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2190 as it looked roughly 498 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 2223Lenticular64 million ly
apartIC 2222Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2225Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 2227Barred spiral78 million ly
apartNGC 2484Lenticular90 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2222Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2225Barred spiral71 million ly
apartIC 2227Barred spiral78 million ly
apartNGC 2484Lenticular90 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral110 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).