IC 3263
IC 3263
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
362 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 362 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3263 as it looked roughly 362 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 3243Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3212Spiral8.5 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral14 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).