IC 3357
IC 3357
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
656 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
97k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 656 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3357 as it looked roughly 656 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 3111Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3709Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3724Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 3629Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular57 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3709Barred spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3724Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical56 million ly
apartIC 3629Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 3613Lenticular57 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).