IC 3280
IC 3280
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
356 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
72k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 356 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3280 as it looked roughly 356 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 3235Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3233Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral13 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).