IC 3499
IC 3499
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
54 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
25k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 54 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3499 as it looked roughly 54 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 4564Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4551Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 3684Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4551Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 3684Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.4 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).