IC 3356
IC 3356
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · IB
48 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 48 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3356 as it looked roughly 48 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 4497Lenticular1.2 million ly
apartIC 3328Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4379Elliptical3.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3328Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical1.7 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4390Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4379Elliptical3.4 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).