IC 3655
IC 3655
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
27k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3655 as it looked roughly 308 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 3696Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 3715Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3692Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3657Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3715Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3692Spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3736Spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3657Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3784Barred spiral11 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).