IC 3276
IC 3276
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
188k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3276 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 3202Elliptical33 million ly
apartIC 3411Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3204Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 3304Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 3610Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3411Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3204Barred spiral84 million ly
apartIC 3304Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 3610Barred spiral120 million ly
apartIC 3728Barred spiral130 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).