IC 3651
IC 3651
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3651 as it looked roughly 220 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 4615Spiral2.7 million ly
apartIC 3632Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4614Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3632Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4614Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4613Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 4738Spiral12 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).