IC 3598
IC 3598
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
146k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3598 as it looked roughly 356 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 4559BBarred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4559ASpiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4556Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 3561Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4558Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4559ASpiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4556Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 3561Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 4558Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3640Elliptical13 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).