IC 623
IC 623
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
83k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 623 as it looked roughly 305 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 605Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3356Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3356Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3441Barred spiral30 million ly
apartNGC 3436Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3417Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 3427Lenticular34 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).