IC 3472
IC 3472
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
322 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 322 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3472 as it looked roughly 322 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 3581Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3449Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3385Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3377Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3421Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3449Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3385Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3377Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3597Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3421Barred spiral10 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).