IC 3255
IC 3255
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
301 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 301 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3255 as it looked roughly 301 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 4360BSpiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4518Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 3137Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4432Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4360Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3638Barred spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4518Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 3137Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4432Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 4360Elliptical20 million ly
apartIC 3638Barred spiral22 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).