IC 3344
IC 3344
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
13k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3344 as it looked roughly 58 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 3331Elliptical1.8 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3446Irregular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3457Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3413Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4540Spiral2.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4459Lenticular1.9 million ly
apartIC 3446Irregular2.5 million ly
apartIC 3457Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3413Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4540Spiral2.9 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).