IC 3441
IC 3441
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
915 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
170k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 915 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3441 as it looked roughly 915 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 3458Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3222Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3451Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3222Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3451Lenticular48 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical60 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).