IC 237
IC 237
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
292 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 292 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 237 as it looked roughly 292 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 232Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 234Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 934Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 234Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 934Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 1038Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 1004Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 926Barred spiral14 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).