IC 2181
IC 2181
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
232 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 232 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2181 as it looked roughly 232 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 2342Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2341Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2341Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2411Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2418Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 2376Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2180Spiral35 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).