IC 62
IC 62
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
539 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 539 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 62 as it looked roughly 539 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 57Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 53Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1620Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 53Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 1620Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 75Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 61Lenticular43 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral49 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).