IC 2629
IC 2629
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
647 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
132k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 647 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2629 as it looked roughly 647 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 2679Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2701Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical41 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).