IC 3639
IC 3639
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
154 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 154 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3639 as it looked roughly 154 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 4373BBarred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3290Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4373Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4603CLenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4553Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3290Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 4373Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4603CLenticular13 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).