IC 2612
IC 2612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
622 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
148k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 622 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2612 as it looked roughly 622 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 2947Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 2549Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2569Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2565Lenticular120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2549Barred spiral110 million ly
apartNGC 3534BBarred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 2626Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 2569Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 2565Lenticular120 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).