IC 2227
IC 2227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
451 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 451 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2227 as it looked roughly 451 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 spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2222Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2223Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 2212Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 2495Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 2190Barred spiral78 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2222Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2223Lenticular28 million ly
apartIC 2212Lenticular64 million ly
apartNGC 2495Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 2190Barred spiral78 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).