IC 2191
IC 2191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
437 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 437 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2191 as it looked roughly 437 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 2398Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2188Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 2187Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 2407Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 2406Elliptical67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2188Lenticular53 million ly
apartIC 2187Elliptical59 million ly
apartNGC 2407Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 2406Elliptical67 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).