IC 2269
IC 2269
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
187 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 187 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2269 as it looked roughly 187 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
NGC 2554Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 2248Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2535Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2248Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 2293Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 2575Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 2535Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartNGC 2536Spiral9.7 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).