IC 3402
IC 3402
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
127k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3402 as it looked roughly 374 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
NGC 4514Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3210Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4558Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 3561Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3210Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4558Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 3561Elliptical18 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).