IC 3487
IC 3487
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
51 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
14k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 51 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3487 as it looked roughly 51 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 4434Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4564Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral2.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4390Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4429Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4564Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3727Spiral2.9 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).