IC 222
IC 222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABa
614 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 614 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 222 as it looked roughly 614 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 1829Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 1777Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1841Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1834Barred spiral120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1777Elliptical60 million ly
apartIC 1821 NED01Galaxy65 million ly
apartIC 1841Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 212Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 1834Barred spiral120 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).