IC 2222
IC 2222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
460 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 460 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2222 as it looked roughly 460 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 2225Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 2227Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2223Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2495Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2190Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2212Lenticular75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2227Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2223Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 2495Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2190Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2212Lenticular75 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).