IC 3220
IC 3220
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
97 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 97 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3220 as it looked roughly 97 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 4352Lenticular1.3 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3358Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3074Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3430Lenticular4.7 million ly
apartIC 3509Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartIC 3562Irregular5.8 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).