IC 3328
IC 3328
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
47 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 47 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3328 as it looked roughly 47 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 3356Irregular1.4 million ly
apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4343Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4497Lenticular2.2 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 4343Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4434Elliptical3.0 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).