IC 2221
IC 2221
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
232k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2221 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 2387Barred spiral340 million ly
apartIC 2402Lenticular370 million ly
apartIC 2312 NED01Barred spiral410 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral470 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical490 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral510 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2402Lenticular370 million ly
apartIC 2312 NED01Barred spiral410 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral470 million ly
apartIC 2234Elliptical490 million ly
apartIC 2374Barred spiral510 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).