IC 2606
IC 2606
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2606 as it looked roughly 358 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 3468Lenticular22 million ly
apartNGC 3334Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3569Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 3374Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2566Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 2568Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3334Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 3569Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 3374Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2566Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 2568Barred spiral37 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).