IC 3202
IC 3202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
217k ly
across
16.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3202 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 3276Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 3411Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3204Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3304Galaxy96 million ly
apartIC 3610Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral160 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3411Barred spiral62 million ly
apartIC 3204Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3304Galaxy96 million ly
apartIC 3610Barred spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral160 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).