IC 3392
IC 3392
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
78 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 78 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3392 as it looked roughly 78 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 4383Spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3501Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3369Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical3.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3501Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartIC 3369Elliptical3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartNGC 4502Spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical3.7 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).