IC 224
IC 224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 224 as it looked roughly 193 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 873Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 942Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 943Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 835Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 887Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 942Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 943Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 848Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 835Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 887Spiral16 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).