IC 2204
IC 2204
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2204 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 2203Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2207Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2199Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2201Spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2207Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2199Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical13 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).