IC 3205
IC 3205
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
697 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
126k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 697 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3205 as it looked roughly 697 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 3241Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3287Spiral67 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3287Spiral67 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).