IC 3430
IC 3430
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3430 as it looked roughly 99 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 3562Irregular3.8 million ly
apartIC 3617Irregular4.6 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3220Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4532Irregular5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3617Irregular4.6 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartIC 3220Elliptical4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartNGC 4532Irregular5.5 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).