IC 624
IC 624
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
226 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 226 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 624 as it looked roughly 226 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 3404Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3402Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 597Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3402Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular26 million ly
apartIC 597Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral30 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).