IC 234
IC 234
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 234 as it looked roughly 288 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 934Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 237Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1827Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 237Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 232Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 1827Spiral18 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).