IC 2271
IC 2271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
104 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 104 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2271 as it looked roughly 104 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 508Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 2256Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral7.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2256Spiral6.1 million ly
apartNGC 2577Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 2361Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 2594Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 2267Spiral7.5 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).