IC 3626
IC 3626
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
649 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 649 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3626 as it looked roughly 649 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 3403Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3241Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 4076Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3205Elliptical67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3241Elliptical63 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral63 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 4076Barred spiral65 million ly
apartIC 3205Elliptical67 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).