IC 3458
IC 3458
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
887 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
173k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 887 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3458 as it looked roughly 887 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 3451Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3441Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3394Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 3441Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral43 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).