IC 3698
IC 3698
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
386 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 386 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3698 as it looked roughly 386 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 3694Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3702Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3704Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3440Spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3702Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3704Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3440Spiral31 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).