IC 3386
IC 3386
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3386 as it looked roughly 81 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 3388Elliptical540,000 ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3443Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral3.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3315Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartIC 3437Elliptical2.7 million ly
apartIC 3443Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3586Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 4584Spiral3.5 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).