IC 631
IC 631
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
402 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 402 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 631 as it looked roughly 402 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 626Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3360Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical41 million ly
apartIC 654Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 3452Spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3360Spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical41 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical41 million ly
apartIC 654Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 3452Spiral43 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).