IC 220
IC 220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
276 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 276 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 220 as it looked roughly 276 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 773Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 1758Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 715Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 883Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1758Lenticular32 million ly
apartNGC 715Barred spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 883Elliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 699Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 809Lenticular37 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).