IC 3561
IC 3561
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3561 as it looked roughly 365 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 4558Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartIC 3508Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3598Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3508Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartIC 3614Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartNGC 4559BBarred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3598Spiral12 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).