IC 2231
IC 2231
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
425 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
206k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 425 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2231 as it looked roughly 425 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 505Spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 2496Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 2499Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular69 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2496Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 2499Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 506Elliptical47 million ly
apartIC 498Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 515Lenticular69 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).