IC 635
IC 635
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 635 as it looked roughly 308 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 639Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3405 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral23 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).