IC 3640
IC 3640
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3640 as it looked roughly 363 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 3614Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3561Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4558Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3508Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4556Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3561Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4558Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3508Lenticular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4556Elliptical13 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).