IC 3031
IC 3031
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
1.3 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
225k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.3 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3031 as it looked roughly 1.3 billion 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 3138 NED01Elliptical58 million ly
apartIC 3418Irregular110 million ly
apartIC 3447Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3058Spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3418Irregular110 million ly
apartIC 3447Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral130 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral140 million ly
apartIC 3058Spiral140 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).