IC 614
IC 614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
482 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 482 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 614 as it looked roughly 482 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 608Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 627Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 589Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 657Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 3386Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 631Elliptical88 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 627Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 589Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 657Barred spiral70 million ly
apartNGC 3386Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 631Elliptical88 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).