IC 3694
IC 3694
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3694 as it looked roughly 394 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 3698Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3702Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3704Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3702Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3704Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3489Barred spiral34 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).