IC 3262
IC 3262
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
342 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 342 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3262 as it looked roughly 342 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 spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3230Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4475Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3230Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4475Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral11 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).