IC 3361
IC 3361
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3361 as it looked roughly 59 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 3413Elliptical1,000,000 ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 3446Irregular1.8 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral1.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3346Elliptical1.6 million ly
apartIC 3446Irregular1.8 million ly
apartIC 3468Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4411Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 4411BSpiral1.9 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).