IC 3304
IC 3304
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
1.0 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
18.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.0 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3304 as it looked roughly 1.0 billion 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 3204Barred spiral41 million ly
apartIC 3201Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3411Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 3286Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical100 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3201Spiral69 million ly
apartIC 3411Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 3286Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 3202Elliptical96 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical100 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).