IC 2199
IC 2199
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2199 as it looked roughly 217 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 2196Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2204Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2194Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2410Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 2204Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2194Lenticular13 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).