IC 3227
IC 3227
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
8k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3227 as it looked roughly 61 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 4494Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 4562Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4561Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4562Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartNeedle GalaxyBarred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3571Irregular6.5 million ly
apartNGC 4561Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3334Irregular6.8 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).