IC 3322
IC 3322
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3322 as it looked roughly 55 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 4318Elliptical1.5 million ly
apartNGC 4356Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4519Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3499Lenticular3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4356Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4519Spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 4376Irregular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4423Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3499Lenticular3.8 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).