IC 3298
IC 3298
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBcd
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3298 as it looked roughly 113 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 3365Irregular3.5 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 800Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3049Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4473Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartComa PinwheelSpiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 800Spiral7.0 million ly
apartIC 3049Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 4473Elliptical8.4 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral8.5 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).