IC 2226
IC 2226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
506 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
155k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 506 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2226 as it looked roughly 506 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 2499Spiral68 million ly
apartIC 2309Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 2496Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 2337Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2309Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral71 million ly
apartNGC 2496Elliptical71 million ly
apartIC 2337Lenticular72 million ly
apartIC 2388Lenticular100 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).