IC 627
IC 627
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
437 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
91k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 437 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 627 as it looked roughly 437 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 631Elliptical44 million ly
apartIC 657Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 614Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 626Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 621Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3297Lenticular71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 657Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 614Spiral50 million ly
apartIC 626Elliptical50 million ly
apartIC 621Spiral53 million ly
apartNGC 3297Lenticular71 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).