IC 1636
IC 1636
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1636 as it looked roughly 264 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 407Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 447Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 447Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 431Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 1648Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 379Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartNGC 386Elliptical7.7 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).