IC 3608
IC 3608
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
339 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
330k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 339 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3608 as it looked roughly 339 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 3670Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3481Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 817Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 816Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3690Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3481Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 817Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 816Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3690Barred spiral16 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).