IC 3610
IC 3610
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
1.2 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
17.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.2 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3610 as it looked roughly 1.2 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 3278 NED03Barred spiral110 million ly
apartIC 3276Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 3763Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 3875Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 3411Barred spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3276Elliptical120 million ly
apartIC 3763Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 3875Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 3411Barred spiral150 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).