IC 3376
IC 3376
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
332 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 332 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3376 as it looked roughly 332 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 3336Spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3406Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3407Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3299Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3454Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 3502Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3406Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3407Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3299Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3454Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 3502Barred spiral8.0 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).