IC 2202
IC 2202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2202 as it looked roughly 168 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 2305Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 2601Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2297Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2601Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 2369Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2297Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2417Barred spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2200Spiral23 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).