IC 3632
IC 3632
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
223 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 223 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3632 as it looked roughly 223 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
NGC 4614Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3651Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral13 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).