IC 3222
IC 3222
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
913 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
157k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 913 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3222 as it looked roughly 913 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 3441Elliptical31 million ly
apartIC 3458Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 3451Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3458Barred spiral43 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral45 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical51 million ly
apartIC 3451Lenticular55 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical58 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).