IC 244
IC 244
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 244 as it looked roughly 317 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 1836Galaxy5.9 million ly
apartIC 241Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 1843Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1844Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 241Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 1843Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 1043Barred spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 1844Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 246Lenticular10 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).