IC 2615
IC 2615
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
399 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 399 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2615 as it looked roughly 399 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 2620Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 2619Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2617Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2619Elliptical5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2617Lenticular26 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).