IC 3327
IC 3327
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
615 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
161k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 615 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3327 as it looked roughly 615 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 3244Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3238Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3109Barred spiral32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3238Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3378Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3379Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3109Barred spiral32 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).