IC 209
IC 209
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 209 as it looked roughly 185 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 829Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 830Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular9.1 million ly
apartIC 183Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 830Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 788Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 842Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 879Irregular9.1 million ly
apartIC 183Lenticular9.8 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).