IC 221
IC 221
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
236 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 236 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 221 as it looked roughly 236 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 903Galaxy4.0 million ly
apartNGC 928Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 904Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 953Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 928Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 931Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 904Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 940Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 953Elliptical17 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).