IC 608
IC 608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
524 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 524 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 608 as it looked roughly 524 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 614Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 589Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 649 NED01Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 627Spiral94 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular94 million ly
apartIC 649 NED02Barred spiral96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 589Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 649 NED01Barred spiral92 million ly
apartIC 627Spiral94 million ly
apartIC 566Lenticular94 million ly
apartIC 649 NED02Barred spiral96 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).