IC 3313
IC 3313
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3313 as it looked roughly 50 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 4379Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4302Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4336Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4298Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3081Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4302Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 4336Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4298Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3081Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4436Lenticular3.8 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).