IC 3049
IC 3049
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sm
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3049 as it looked roughly 114 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 4193Spiral2.8 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3021Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartComa PinwheelSpiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3021Spiral6.2 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular6.5 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).