IC 200
IC 200
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
246 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 246 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 200 as it looked roughly 246 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 804Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 789Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 778Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 750Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 789Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 783Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 778Lenticular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 750Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 798Elliptical11 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).