IC 2203
IC 2203
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2203 as it looked roughly 212 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 2204Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2199Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2207Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2194Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2201Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2199Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2207Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2194Lenticular14 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).