IC 2248
IC 2248
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
193 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 193 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2248 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 2554Lenticular1.8 million ly
apartIC 2269Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 497Spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2269Barred spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 497Spiral8.3 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).