IC 3488
IC 3488
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3488 as it looked roughly 336 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 3502Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 3560Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4563Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3556Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3560Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4563Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3556Lenticular9.6 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).