IC 64
IC 64
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
637 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
191k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 637 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 64 as it looked roughly 637 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 326 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 1676Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 115Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 459Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 218Spiral150 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 1676Elliptical64 million ly
apartIC 115Elliptical110 million ly
apartNGC 459Barred spiral120 million ly
apartNGC 218Spiral150 million ly
apartIC 1646Spiral150 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).