IC 3560
IC 3560
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3560 as it looked roughly 336 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 3502Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3488Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4563Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 3587Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3556Lenticular7.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3488Elliptical5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4563Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 3587Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3556Lenticular7.7 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).