IC 610
IC 610
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 610 as it looked roughly 55 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 3185Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3227Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3226Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3227Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral5.8 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).