IC 3659
IC 3659
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
498 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 498 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3659 as it looked roughly 498 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 3776Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 3296Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 3348Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4081Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 846Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3213Elliptical42 million ly
apartIC 3296Elliptical46 million ly
apartIC 3348Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 4081Elliptical49 million ly
apartIC 846Elliptical50 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).