IC 3505
IC 3505
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
644 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 644 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3505 as it looked roughly 644 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 3528Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3603Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3603Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular29 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).