IC 651
IC 651
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 651 as it looked roughly 211 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 624Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 673Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 673Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3404Barred spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3421Barred spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 3422Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 647Lenticular40 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).