IC 2218
IC 2218
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
603 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 603 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2218 as it looked roughly 603 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 477Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 2307Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical92 million ly
apartIC 2309Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2337Lenticular100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2307Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 478Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical92 million ly
apartIC 2309Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2337Lenticular100 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).