IC 3289
IC 3289
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
155 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 155 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3289 as it looked roughly 155 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 3152Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4087Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4831Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 4830Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4087Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3813Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4831Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 4830Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 4970Lenticular27 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).