IC 3305
IC 3305
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3305 as it looked roughly 112 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 4351Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4473Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4193Spiral6.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4473Elliptical4.6 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4193Spiral6.8 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).