IC 3410
IC 3410
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
671 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 671 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3410 as it looked roughly 671 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 3434Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral53 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3379Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral53 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).