IC 3432
IC 3432
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3432 as it looked roughly 281 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 3382Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3500Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3442Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4611Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 792Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3188Spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3500Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3442Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4611Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 792Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3188Spiral20 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).