IC 3613
IC 3613
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
652 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 652 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3613 as it looked roughly 652 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 3629Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3603Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3760Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical39 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3603Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3760Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical39 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).