IC 605
IC 605
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
302 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 302 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 605 as it looked roughly 302 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 594Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 623Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 590 NED01Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3117Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 623Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 590 NED01Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 3117Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral33 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).