IC 3515
IC 3515
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
326 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 326 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3515 as it looked roughly 326 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 3454Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3407Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3406Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3516Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3623Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3407Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3406Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3516Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3623Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral8.1 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).