IC 3670
IC 3670
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3670 as it looked roughly 341 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 3608Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 817Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3690Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 816Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3481Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 817Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3690Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 816Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral17 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).