IC 223
IC 223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 223 as it looked roughly 74 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 899Irregular760,000 ly
apartNGC 907Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 907Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 908Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 814Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 1034Irregular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 723Barred spiral10 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).