IC 3631
IC 3631
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
132 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 132 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3631 as it looked roughly 132 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 3611Spiral1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4779Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3475Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4388Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4803Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4795Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4779Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3475Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4388Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4803Elliptical15 million ly
apartNGC 4795Barred spiral15 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).