IC 3649
IC 3649
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
601 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 601 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3649 as it looked roughly 601 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 3880Barred spiral49 million ly
apartIC 3882Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 3397Barred spiral68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3882Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral61 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral64 million ly
apartIC 3397Barred spiral68 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).