IC 196
IC 196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
169 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 169 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 196 as it looked roughly 169 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 195Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartIC 1774Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1774Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 781Spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 871Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 1790Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 1791Lenticular13 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).