IC 2649
IC 2649
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
570 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
141k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 570 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2649 as it looked roughly 570 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 2638Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 2639Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2628Barred spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2639Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2713Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2720Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 2746Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2628Barred spiral23 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).