IC 3434
IC 3434
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
677 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
150k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 677 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3434 as it looked roughly 677 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 3410Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3603Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3505Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 3603Elliptical54 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral54 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).