IC 3353
IC 3353
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
210 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 210 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3353 as it looked roughly 210 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 3309Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 3460Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4495Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3460Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4495Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3600Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 3651Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4615Spiral18 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).