IC 3557 NED02
IC 3557 NED02
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
17.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3557 NED02 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 3557 NED01Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 3788Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral74 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral94 million ly
apartIC 3744Barred spiral96 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3788Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral74 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral94 million ly
apartIC 3744Barred spiral96 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral100 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).