IC 210
IC 210
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
92 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 92 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 210 as it looked roughly 92 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 811Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 217Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 215Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 217Spiral5.5 million ly
apartIC 215Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 701Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 681Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 636Elliptical13 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).