IC 3061
IC 3061
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
109 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 109 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3061 as it looked roughly 109 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 4168Elliptical3.4 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3049Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4200Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral3.8 million ly
apartIC 3049Spiral5.0 million ly
apartIC 3063Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4351Barred spiral5.7 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).