IC 3601
IC 3601
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
1.0 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
230k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.0 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3601 as it looked roughly 1.0 billion 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 3621Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3625Lenticular89 million ly
apartIC 3602Elliptical90 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral95 million ly
apartIC 3744Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 3686Spiral100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3625Lenticular89 million ly
apartIC 3602Elliptical90 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral95 million ly
apartIC 3744Barred spiral95 million ly
apartIC 3686Spiral100 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).