IC 2267
IC 2267
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2267 as it looked roughly 97 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 2268Elliptical120,000 ly
apartIC 2256Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2256Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartNGC 2592Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 2271Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral8.3 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).