IC 607
IC 607
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 607 as it looked roughly 260 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 616Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3222Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3134Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3131Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 642Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3222Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3134Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3131Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 642Elliptical34 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).