IC 3283
IC 3283
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
557 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 557 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3283 as it looked roughly 557 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 3397Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 3882Barred spiral82 million ly
apartIC 3880Barred spiral82 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral84 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3659Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical80 million ly
apartIC 3882Barred spiral82 million ly
apartIC 3880Barred spiral82 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral84 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).