IC 3462
IC 3462
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3462 as it looked roughly 73 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 4421Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 796Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical3.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 796Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4474Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical3.9 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).