IC 3209
IC 3209
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
350 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
102k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 350 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3209 as it looked roughly 350 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 3147 NED02Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4325Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartIC 3280Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral12 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).