IC 3290
IC 3290
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3290 as it looked roughly 155 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
NGC 4373Elliptical3.8 million ly
apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4603CLenticular12 million ly
apartIC 3639Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4373BBarred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4601Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4603CLenticular12 million ly
apartIC 3639Barred spiral12 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).