IC 2234
IC 2234
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
759 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 759 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2234 as it looked roughly 759 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 2374Barred spiral78 million ly
apartIC 2380Lenticular81 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical94 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2380Lenticular81 million ly
apartIC 2378Elliptical94 million ly
apartIC 2383Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2376Elliptical150 million ly
apartIC 490Barred spiral160 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).