IC 616
IC 616
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
269 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 269 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 616 as it looked roughly 269 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 607Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 642Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3222Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 642Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 3222Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED01Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3405 NED02Elliptical27 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).