IC 3585
IC 3585
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
344 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 344 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3585 as it looked roughly 344 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 3556Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartNGC 4563Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3587Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4559ASpiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3560Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4563Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 3587Barred spiral4.7 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4559ASpiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3560Barred spiral7.9 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).