IC 3489
IC 3489
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3489 as it looked roughly 365 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 3440Spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3347Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3467Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral17 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).