IC 632
IC 632
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
264 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 264 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 632 as it looked roughly 264 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 3325Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartIC 633Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 653Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3243Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 609Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3376Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 633Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 653Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3243Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 609Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3376Lenticular32 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).