IC 3275
IC 3275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
840 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
129k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 840 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3275 as it looked roughly 840 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 3291Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3157Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular67 million ly
apartIC 3016Barred spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3157Lenticular33 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular67 million ly
apartIC 3016Barred spiral70 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).