IC 246
IC 246
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 246 as it looked roughly 307 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 1016Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 1008Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1843Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1008Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 244Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 1836Galaxy11 million ly
apartIC 1843Barred spiral12 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).