IC 3422
IC 3422
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
197k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3422 as it looked roughly 1.2 billion 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 3246Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 3557 NED01Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 3557 NED02Galaxy74 million ly
apartIC 3058Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3418Irregular110 million ly
apartIC 3788Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3557 NED01Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 3557 NED02Galaxy74 million ly
apartIC 3058Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3418Irregular110 million ly
apartIC 3788Barred spiral130 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).