IC 3241
IC 3241
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
694 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 694 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3241 as it looked roughly 694 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 3205Elliptical8.2 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral63 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3306Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral63 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).