IC 3300
IC 3300
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
311 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
104k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 311 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3300 as it looked roughly 311 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 3362Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 3439Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3377Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3421Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 780Elliptical7.4 million ly
apartIC 3439Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3377Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3421Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral10 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).