IC 3611
IC 3611
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3611 as it looked roughly 132 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 3631Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4779Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3475Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4388Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4803Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4795Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4779Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3475Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4388Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4803Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 4795Barred spiral16 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).