IC 3299
IC 3299
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
338 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 338 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3299 as it looked roughly 338 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 3262Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3230Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4475Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3230Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 4475Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 3494Elliptical11 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).