IC 3478
IC 3478
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
23k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3478 as it looked roughly 88 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
NGC 4461Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4425Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3735Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4323Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical4.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4425Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartIC 794Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3735Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4323Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical4.9 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).