IC 2230
IC 2230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
355 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 355 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2230 as it looked roughly 355 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 496Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 2254Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2254Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 501Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 486Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 484Barred spiral29 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).