IC 3411
IC 3411
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
222k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3411 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 3204Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3276Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 3304Galaxy70 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3848 NED02Elliptical120 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3276Elliptical55 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical62 million ly
apartIC 3304Galaxy70 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3848 NED02Elliptical120 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).