IC 3590
IC 3590
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3590 as it looked roughly 308 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 3618Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3620Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 3644Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4555Elliptical4.9 million ly
apartIC 3620Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 3644Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral6.5 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).