IC 1627
IC 1627
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
277 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 277 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1627 as it looked roughly 277 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 644Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 641Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 641Elliptical37 million ly
apartIC 1625Elliptical40 million ly
apartNGC 482Spiral41 million ly
apartNGC 630Elliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 534Lenticular41 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).