IC 3407
IC 3407
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3407 as it looked roughly 327 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 3406Barred spiral970,000 ly
apartIC 3454Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3515Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3454Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3515Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral7.6 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).