IC 2207
IC 2207
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2207 as it looked roughly 224 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 2204Spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2201Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2203Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2393Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2201Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2203Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2410Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2393Spiral17 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).