IC 3498
IC 3498
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3498 as it looked roughly 304 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 4565BBarred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3590Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4565CSpiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3590Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular7.3 million ly
apartNGC 4565CSpiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral8.8 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).