IC 3037
IC 3037
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
449 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 449 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3037 as it looked roughly 449 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 3043Spiral1.6 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 748Elliptical35 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3012Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 748Elliptical35 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).