IC 3284
IC 3284
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
366 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 366 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3284 as it looked roughly 366 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 4320Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3159Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 3128BBarred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3199Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3347Spiral8.2 million ly
apartIC 3159Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical9.9 million ly
apartIC 3128BBarred spiral12 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).