IC 3387
IC 3387
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
701 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 701 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3387 as it looked roughly 701 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 3306Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3241Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3205Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3241Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3168Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3205Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral65 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).