IC 230
IC 230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
231 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 231 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 230 as it looked roughly 231 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 960Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 929Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 950Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1011Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1006Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 929Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 950Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1011Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1006Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 977Spiral19 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).