IC 3562
IC 3562
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
96 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
26k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 96 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3562 as it looked roughly 96 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 3617Irregular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3509Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical5.2 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).