IC 3627
IC 3627
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
795 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 795 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3627 as it looked roughly 795 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 3287Spiral70 million ly
apartIC 3359Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 3451Lenticular79 million ly
apartIC 822Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical92 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3359Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 3451Lenticular79 million ly
apartIC 822Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical92 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).