IC 3271
IC 3271
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
337 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 337 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3271 as it looked roughly 337 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 3150Barred spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 789Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4465Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4410CLenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3151Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 789Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4465Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 4410CLenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 4326Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3151Barred 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).