IC 3470
IC 3470
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
70 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 70 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3470 as it looked roughly 70 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 3506Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4637Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4306Lenticular3.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4486BElliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4637Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4306Lenticular3.7 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).