IC 3558
IC 3558
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.3 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.3 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3558 as it looked roughly 1.3 billion 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 3447Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3418Irregular68 million ly
apartIC 3138 NED01Elliptical97 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral160 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral170 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3418Irregular68 million ly
apartIC 3138 NED01Elliptical97 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral160 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral170 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).