IC 3617
IC 3617
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3617 as it looked roughly 97 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 4532Irregular3.4 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3562Irregular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 3633Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 4598Lenticular5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4596Lenticular6.1 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).