IC 2679
IC 2679
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
649 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
164k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 649 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2679 as it looked roughly 649 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 2629Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2701Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2701Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 2648Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2784Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 2694Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2835Elliptical32 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).