IC 3204
IC 3204
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
160k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3204 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 3304Galaxy41 million ly
apartIC 3411Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical79 million ly
apartIC 3276Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 3201Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3286Elliptical110 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3411Barred spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical79 million ly
apartIC 3276Elliptical84 million ly
apartIC 3201Spiral100 million ly
apartIC 3286Elliptical110 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).