IC 3201
IC 3201
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
956 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
111k ly
across
17.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 956 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3201 as it looked roughly 956 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 3286Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 3337Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 3222Spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3317Elliptical38 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral59 million ly
apartIC 3337Spiral64 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical65 million ly
apartIC 3222Spiral67 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).