IC 3641
IC 3641
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
295 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
17.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 295 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3641 as it looked roughly 295 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 3599Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4565CSpiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3536Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4565BBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4565CSpiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3536Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4565BBarred spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3646Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3618Lenticular11 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).