IC 3689
IC 3689
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
929 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
168k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 929 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3689 as it looked roughly 929 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 3683Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3789Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral56 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3789Barred spiral40 million ly
apartIC 3815Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3677Elliptical53 million ly
apartIC 3860Galaxy55 million ly
apartIC 3884Barred spiral56 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).