IC 2196
IC 2196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2196 as it looked roughly 221 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 2199Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2393Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2204Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2410Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2393Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2204Spiral13 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).