IC 2201
IC 2201
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
218 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 218 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2201 as it looked roughly 218 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 2410Barred spiral2.1 million ly
apartIC 2204Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2199Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 2203Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2204Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2199Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 2203Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2196Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 2185Barred spiral11 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).