IC 3571
IC 3571
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
10k ly
across
17.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3571 as it looked roughly 56 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
Needle GalaxyBarred spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4725Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4747Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4494Elliptical5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4725Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4747Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4525Spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4494Elliptical5.7 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).