IC 3259
IC 3259
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABd
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3259 as it looked roughly 66 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
NGC 4416Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4467Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4519AIrregular3.3 million ly
apartIC 3229Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 3192Elliptical5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4467Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 4430Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4519AIrregular3.3 million ly
apartIC 3229Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 3192Elliptical5.4 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).