IC 2616
IC 2616
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
423 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 423 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2616 as it looked roughly 423 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 2617Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3542Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2619Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2620Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2615Lenticular25 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3542Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2619Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2620Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 2615Lenticular25 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).