IC 2636
IC 2636
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.0 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
203k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.0 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 2636 as it looked roughly 1.0 billion 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 2724Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2756Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 2632Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 2796 NED02Galaxy71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2756Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 2632Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 2716Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 2796 NED02Galaxy71 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).