IC 3637
IC 3637
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
34k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3637 as it looked roughly 94 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 3486Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4641Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 797Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4641Lenticular4.5 million ly
apartIC 797Spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4476Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4461Lenticular6.6 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).