IC 2637
IC 2637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
409 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 409 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2637 as it looked roughly 409 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 2634Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2712Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 669Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2741Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 2712Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 669Lenticular26 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).