IC 3370
IC 3370
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3370 as it looked roughly 137 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 4373ALenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4575Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4444Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular9.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4575Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4650ALenticular8.5 million ly
apartNGC 4650Lenticular9.1 million ly
apartNGC 4444Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 4553Lenticular9.6 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).