IC 3235
IC 3235
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
354 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 354 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3235 as it looked roughly 354 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 3280Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3091Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3080Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3233Spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartIC 3091Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3080Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular11 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).