IC 3702
IC 3702
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
402 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 402 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3702 as it looked roughly 402 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 3704Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 3694Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred spiral34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3694Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred 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).