IC 3440
IC 3440
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3440 as it looked roughly 363 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 3489Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3347Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral14 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).