IC 3621
IC 3621
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
992 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
291k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 992 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3621 as it looked roughly 992 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 3601Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3744Barred spiral93 million ly
apartIC 3602Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 3573Spiral97 million ly
apartIC 3686Spiral97 million ly
apartIC 3625Lenticular97 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3744Barred spiral93 million ly
apartIC 3602Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 3573Spiral97 million ly
apartIC 3686Spiral97 million ly
apartIC 3625Lenticular97 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).