IC 3431
IC 3431
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
821 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
112k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 821 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3431 as it looked roughly 821 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 3291Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3275Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3157Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3542Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3236Spiral75 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3275Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3157Lenticular42 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3542Barred spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3236Spiral75 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).