IC 2198
IC 2198
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2198 as it looked roughly 254 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 2376Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 2370Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2405Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2503Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2370Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2405Galaxy13 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2503Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular30 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).