IC 232
IC 232
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 232 as it looked roughly 295 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 237Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 934Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 934Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 231Lenticular14 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).