IC 2256
IC 2256
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2256 as it looked roughly 98 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 2267Spiral1.8 million ly
apartIC 2268Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2268Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical7.3 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral8.4 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).