IC 202
IC 202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
426 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 426 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 202 as it looked roughly 426 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 199Spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 198Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 214Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy34 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy47 million ly
apartNGC 766Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 198Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 214Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 1786Galaxy34 million ly
apartIC 1779Galaxy47 million ly
apartNGC 766Elliptical51 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).