IC 2628
IC 2628
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
589 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 589 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2628 as it looked roughly 589 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 2649Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2638Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2639Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 666Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2638Lenticular25 million ly
apartIC 2639Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 666Lenticular31 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical39 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).