IC 3620
IC 3620
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
305 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 305 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3620 as it looked roughly 305 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 3590Spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3644Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3618Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3644Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3498Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4555Elliptical10 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).