IC 3378
IC 3378
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
632 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 632 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3378 as it looked roughly 632 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 3379Barred spiral160,000 ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3327Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3603Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3340Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3505Barred spiral25 million ly
apartIC 3528Spiral28 million ly
apartIC 3327Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3603Elliptical36 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).