IC 3413
IC 3413
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3413 as it looked roughly 59 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 3446Irregular980,000 ly
apartIC 3361Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartIC 3457Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 3331Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical2.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3361Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartIC 3457Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartIC 3331Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical2.1 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).