IC 3536
IC 3536
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3536 as it looked roughly 294 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 4565CSpiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4565BBarred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3599Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3641Galaxy6.0 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4565BBarred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3599Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3641Galaxy6.0 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular13 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).