IC 2182
IC 2182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
595 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
261k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 595 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2182 as it looked roughly 595 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 477Elliptical110 million ly
apartIC 2218Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 2226Spiral160 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 2309Spiral170 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2218Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 2226Spiral160 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular160 million ly
apartIC 2309Spiral170 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).