IC 3654
IC 3654
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3654 as it looked roughly 397 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 3656Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3671Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3662Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3533Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3671Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3662Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3533Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral38 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).