IC 3391
IC 3391
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
79 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
24k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 79 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3391 as it looked roughly 79 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
NGC 4383Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3369Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral7.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3369Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3392Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral4.9 million ly
apartNGC 4321Spiral7.1 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).