IC 3600
IC 3600
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3600 as it looked roughly 216 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 3651Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3632Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4614Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 3460Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4495Spiral9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4615Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3632Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4614Lenticular8.2 million ly
apartIC 3460Spiral8.9 million ly
apartNGC 4495Spiral9.8 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).