IC 3418
IC 3418
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
1.3 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
481k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.3 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3418 as it looked roughly 1.3 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 3447Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3558Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 3138 NED01Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3558Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 3138 NED01Elliptical81 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral110 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral110 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).