IC 3461
IC 3461
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
46 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
10k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 46 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3461 as it looked roughly 46 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 3465Elliptical310,000 ly
apartIC 3356Irregular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4649Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4654Spiral3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3356Irregular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4649Elliptical2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4654Spiral3.4 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).