IC 3542
IC 3542
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
754 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 754 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3542 as it looked roughly 754 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 3236Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3291Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 3053Spiral92 million ly
apartIC 3111Spiral96 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3431Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3291Spiral76 million ly
apartIC 3053Spiral92 million ly
apartIC 3111Spiral96 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).