IC 3629
IC 3629
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
649 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
185k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 649 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3629 as it looked roughly 649 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 3613Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 3603Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3760Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3603Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3760Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical36 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).