IC 3457
IC 3457
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3457 as it looked roughly 60 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 3413Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartIC 3446Irregular1.8 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 3361Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical2.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3446Irregular1.8 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 3361Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical2.7 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).