IC 22
IC 22
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 22 as it looked roughly 284 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 155Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 191ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 191Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 107Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 191ALenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 191Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 18Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 163Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 107Barred spiral13 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).