IC 2604
IC 2604
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
76 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 76 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2604 as it looked roughly 76 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 3395Spiral300,000 ly
apartNGC 3396Spiral770,000 ly
apartIC 2608Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3442Spiral5.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3396Spiral770,000 ly
apartIC 2608Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3430Spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3381Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3442Spiral5.0 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).