IC 2639
IC 2639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
576 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 576 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2639 as it looked roughly 576 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 2638Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 2649Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2628Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2649Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2628Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical32 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical34 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).