IC 3709
IC 3709
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
667 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 667 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3709 as it looked roughly 667 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 3724Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3357Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3760Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 3629Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 815Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3357Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3760Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 3629Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 815Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular58 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).