IC 2634
IC 2634
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
411 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 411 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2634 as it looked roughly 411 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 2637Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 2741Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2712Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2783Spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2741Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2712Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 670Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 2783Spiral30 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).