IC 3243
IC 3243
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
366 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 366 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3243 as it looked roughly 366 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 3263Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical16 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).