IC 3236
IC 3236
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
753 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
92k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 753 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3236 as it looked roughly 753 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 3542Barred spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3111Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 3291Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral75 million ly
apartIC 3053Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral87 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3111Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 3291Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral75 million ly
apartIC 3053Spiral79 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral87 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).