IC 3409
IC 3409
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
808 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 808 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3409 as it looked roughly 808 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 3291Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3157Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 3542Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3275Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3766Barred spiral85 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3431Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3157Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 3542Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3275Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3766Barred spiral85 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).