IC 3206
IC 3206
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3206 as it looked roughly 333 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 3185Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 3230Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3299Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3176Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartIC 3230Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3299Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral9.2 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).