IC 3469
IC 3469
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
873 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
17.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 873 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3469 as it looked roughly 873 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 3479Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 3337Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3394Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical29 million ly
apartIC 3337Spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral36 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).