IC 636
IC 636
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 636 as it looked roughly 374 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 3337Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3385Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3362Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3326Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3341Galaxy9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3385Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3349Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3362Spiral20 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).