IC 3230
IC 3230
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
335 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 335 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3230 as it looked roughly 335 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 3299Barred spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3143Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3262Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 3336Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3143Spiral11 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).