IC 3451
IC 3451
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
867 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
171k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 867 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3451 as it looked roughly 867 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 spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3441Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral55 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3394Elliptical35 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3441Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral55 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).