IC 2282
IC 2282
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
217 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 217 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2282 as it looked roughly 217 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 2288Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2253Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 2512Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular15 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).