IC 3502
IC 3502
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3502 as it looked roughly 333 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 3488Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3560Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3454Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 3515Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3560Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3454Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartIC 3515Barred spiral9.7 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).