IC 3287
IC 3287
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · S?
759 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
17.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 759 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3287 as it looked roughly 759 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 3359Barred spiral53 million ly
apartIC 3205Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 3627Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 3241Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral73 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3205Elliptical67 million ly
apartIC 3627Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 3241Elliptical72 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral73 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).