IC 3336
IC 3336
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
327 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
61k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 327 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3336 as it looked roughly 327 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 3406Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3376Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3407Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3454Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3385Spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3376Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3407Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3450Spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3454Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3385Spiral8.4 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).