IC 3671
IC 3671
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
401 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 401 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3671 as it looked roughly 401 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 3662Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 3656Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3654Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3533Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3656Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3654Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartIC 3533Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical25 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular33 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).