IC 2212
IC 2212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2212 as it looked roughly 395 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 485Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 2208Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2208Lenticular41 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 479Spiral45 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 474Lenticular48 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).