IC 3704
IC 3704
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
404 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 404 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3704 as it looked roughly 404 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 3702Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 3694Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3694Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3698Spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3714Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3525Spiral29 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred spiral33 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).