IC 2288
IC 2288
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
214 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
33k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 214 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2288 as it looked roughly 214 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 2282Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 2556Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2556Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 2563Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2253Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2553Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2598Barred spiral12 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).