IC 3587
IC 3587
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3587 as it looked roughly 342 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 4563Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3556Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 3585Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4559ASpiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3560Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3556Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 3585Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4559ASpiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3560Barred spiral6.6 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).