IC 3348
IC 3348
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
468 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
17.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 468 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3348 as it looked roughly 468 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 3296Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3491Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3316Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3559Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3491Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3316Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical23 million ly
apartIC 3559Barred spiral36 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral48 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).