IC 3365
IC 3365
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
111 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
28k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 111 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3365 as it looked roughly 111 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 3298Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 800Spiral3.9 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4473Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 800Spiral3.9 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4473Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartNGC 4501Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral6.9 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).