IC 3397
IC 3397
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
560 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 560 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3397 as it looked roughly 560 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 3283Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3882Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3880Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical81 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3882Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 3880Barred spiral67 million ly
apartIC 3649Barred spiral68 million ly
apartIC 3659Barred spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3213Elliptical81 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).