IC 3359
IC 3359
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
809 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
120k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 809 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3359 as it looked roughly 809 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 3287Spiral53 million ly
apartIC 3627Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral88 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3627Elliptical70 million ly
apartIC 3469Barred spiral74 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical85 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral88 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).