IC 213
IC 213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
383 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 383 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 213 as it looked roughly 383 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 794Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 1775Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1755Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 927Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1775Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1755Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 927Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 810 NED02Elliptical45 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).