IC 3377
IC 3377
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
47k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3377 as it looked roughly 317 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 3439Barred spiral7.3 million ly
apartIC 3421Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3228Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3472Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3300Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3421Barred spiral7.7 million ly
apartIC 3228Spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3472Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3300Spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral8.9 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).