IC 3635
IC 3635
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3635 as it looked roughly 73 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
NGC 4637Lenticular2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4486BElliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3506Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4689Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4486BElliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3693Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3506Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4689Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3462Elliptical4.0 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).