IC 226
IC 226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
508 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 508 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 226 as it looked roughly 508 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 227Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 919Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy40 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1806Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 919Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 816Galaxy40 million ly
apartNGC 901Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 1806Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 900Lenticular55 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).