IC 3467
IC 3467
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
350 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 350 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3467 as it looked roughly 350 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 3481Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3440Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3425Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3440Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral15 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).