IC 3212
IC 3212
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3212 as it looked roughly 354 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 3193Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4408Elliptical7.2 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral13 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).