IC 3347
IC 3347
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3347 as it looked roughly 358 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 4325Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4320Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3440Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4320Barred spiral7.2 million ly
apartIC 3284Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3440Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral12 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).