IC 3605
IC 3605
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
13k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3605 as it looked roughly 64 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
NGC 4561Barred spiral750,000 ly
apartIC 3448Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4539Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3806Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4498Spiral6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3448Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4539Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3806Spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 4498Spiral6.3 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).