IC 2254
IC 2254
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2254 as it looked roughly 348 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 501Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 2230Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 496Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2373Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2230Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 496Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2373Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 2620Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 482Spiral35 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).