IC 3618
IC 3618
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
306 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 306 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3618 as it looked roughly 306 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 3646Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 3644Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 3590Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 3620Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3644Barred spiral1.9 million ly
apartIC 3590Spiral4.7 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical6.1 million ly
apartIC 3620Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral7.3 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).