IC 3372
IC 3372
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
895 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 895 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3372 as it looked roughly 895 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 3337Spiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3395Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3395Spiral6.3 million ly
apartIC 3401Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 3479Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3317Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3394Elliptical29 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).