IC 609
IC 609
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 609 as it looked roughly 259 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
NGC 3243Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartIC 603Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 633Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3325Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 603Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 633Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3325Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 632Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral26 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).