IC 621
IC 621
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
409 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
107k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 409 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 621 as it looked roughly 409 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 628Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy35 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 636Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 634Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy35 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 636Barred spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 3337Elliptical40 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).