IC 3662
IC 3662
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
403 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 403 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3662 as it looked roughly 403 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 3671Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartIC 3656Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3654Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 3533Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3656Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3654Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 3533Spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3761Elliptical24 million ly
apartNGC 4789Lenticular35 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).