IC 3213
IC 3213
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
483 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 483 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3213 as it looked roughly 483 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 3296Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 3348Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3491Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3316Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4021Elliptical47 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3348Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3491Spiral38 million ly
apartIC 3316Spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 4021Elliptical47 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).