IC 2623
IC 2623
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
176 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 176 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2623 as it looked roughly 176 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 3565Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3529Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3453Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3529Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3497Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3464Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3544Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3453Barred spiral13 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).