IC 3334
IC 3334
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3334 as it looked roughly 56 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 4525Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4359Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular3.2 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4173Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4494Elliptical6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4359Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular3.2 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4173Barred spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4494Elliptical6.1 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).