IC 2619
IC 2619
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2619 as it looked roughly 404 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 2615Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 2620Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2617Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2620Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3545BElliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3545AElliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2617Lenticular21 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).