IC 3240
IC 3240
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
993 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 993 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3240 as it looked roughly 993 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 3187Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3602Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral90 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral60 million ly
apartIC 3602Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral90 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).