IC 204
IC 204
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
553 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 553 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 204 as it looked roughly 553 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 186ALenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 880Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1781Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 702 NED02Barred spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 880Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 1781Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 702 NED02Barred spiral64 million ly
apartNGC 758Lenticular65 million ly
apartIC 185Spiral65 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).