IC 3382
IC 3382
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
281 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
82k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 281 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3382 as it looked roughly 281 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 3432Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3500Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3442Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3188Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4611Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 792Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3500Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartIC 3442Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3188Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4611Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 792Barred spiral16 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).