IC 3448
IC 3448
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3448 as it looked roughly 64 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
NGC 4561Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3605Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 781Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3419Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3605Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4377Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartIC 781Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular4.0 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).