IC 3501
IC 3501
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3501 as it looked roughly 77 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 4579Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4606Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical4.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3392Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4606Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical4.3 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).