IC 3447
IC 3447
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
1.3 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.3 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3447 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 3558Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3418Irregular42 million ly
apartIC 3138 NED01Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 4453 NED02Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3418Irregular42 million ly
apartIC 3138 NED01Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral130 million ly
apartNGC 4453 NED02Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral150 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).