IC 2293
IC 2293
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
191 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
49k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 191 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2293 as it looked roughly 191 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 2269Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2595Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2248Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2554Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartIC 2247Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2595Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral14 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).