IC 2627
IC 2627
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
98 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
12.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 98 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2627 as it looked roughly 98 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 3617Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3673Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3715Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3673Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3715Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral21 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).