IC 2645
IC 2645
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
539 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 539 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2645 as it looked roughly 539 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 2683Elliptical6.5 million ly
apartIC 2633Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2633Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 2665Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 2727Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical24 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).