IC 3225
IC 3225
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3225 as it looked roughly 112 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 782Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4270Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4273Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 776Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4270Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4273Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4470Spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular4.8 million ly
apartIC 776Barred spiral5.2 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).