IC 3317
IC 3317
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E?
922 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
139k ly
across
17.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 922 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3317 as it looked roughly 922 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 3401Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3337Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3286Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 3201Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3337Spiral27 million ly
apartIC 3372Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral30 million ly
apartIC 3286Elliptical36 million ly
apartIC 3201Spiral38 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).