IC 2214
IC 2214
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2214 as it looked roughly 275 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 2211Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2532Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2219Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2217Spiral42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2532Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2365Lenticular39 million ly
apartNGC 2540Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 2219Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2217Spiral42 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).