IC 231
IC 231
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 231 as it looked roughly 310 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 1008Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1016Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1016Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular16 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).