IC 2652
IC 2652
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
957 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
187k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 957 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2652 as it looked roughly 957 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 2632Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 2818Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2722 NED01Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2792Elliptical41 million ly
apartIC 2797Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 2818Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 2692Elliptical50 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).