IC 3454
IC 3454
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3454 as it looked roughly 327 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 3406Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartIC 3407Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3515Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3516Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3407Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3515Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3516Barred spiral7.9 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).