IC 2208
IC 2208
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
375 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 375 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2208 as it looked roughly 375 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 479Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 474Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 485Spiral19 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).