IC 3484
IC 3484
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3484 as it looked roughly 373 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 3615Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 803 NED02Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 4186Spiral35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 803 NED02Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 4186Spiral35 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).