IC 630
IC 630
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
102 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 102 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 630 as it looked roughly 102 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 3292Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3375Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3321Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3246Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3375Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3361Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3321Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3481Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3246Spiral20 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).