IC 2626
IC 2626
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
525 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 525 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2626 as it looked roughly 525 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 3534BBarred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3536Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3563ALenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3570Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical42 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3536Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3563ALenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3570Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED02Lenticular42 million ly
apartNGC 3550 NED01Elliptical42 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).