IC 2290
IC 2290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
265 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 265 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2290 as it looked roughly 265 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 2581Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2348Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2338Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2348Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2338Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2339Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 2596Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2382Lenticular26 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).