IC 2217
IC 2217
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
242 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 242 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2217 as it looked roughly 242 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 2219Spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 492Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2449Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2450Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 492Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 2449Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 2487Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2450Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 480Barred spiral22 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).