IC 3403
IC 3403
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
680 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 680 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3403 as it looked roughly 680 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 3205Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 3241Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3241Elliptical34 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral47 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).