IC 2213
IC 2213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2213 as it looked roughly 314 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
NGC 2490Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 2492Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 493Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2239Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2492Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 491Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 493Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2239Lenticular41 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).