IC 3017
IC 3017
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
912 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
159k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 912 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3017 as it looked roughly 912 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 4164Elliptical13 million ly
apartIC 2994Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2994Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral38 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).