IC 3583
IC 3583
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
16k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3583 as it looked roughly 52 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 4620Lenticular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4564Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4639Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4564Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4639Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartVirgo AElliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4638Elliptical2.3 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).