IC 3614
IC 3614
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
17.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3614 as it looked roughly 369 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 4558Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 3561Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 3508Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4692Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3561Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical7.0 million ly
apartIC 3508Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4692Elliptical14 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).