IC 654
IC 654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
390 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 390 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 654 as it looked roughly 390 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 3452Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3360Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 650Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3537 NED01Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3360Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 650Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3537 NED01Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical36 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical37 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).