IC 3573
IC 3573
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
919 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
123k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 919 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3573 as it looked roughly 919 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 3686Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3187Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral82 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral90 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3196Barred spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3187Barred spiral77 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral82 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral90 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular90 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).