IC 3069
IC 3069
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
273 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 273 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3069 as it looked roughly 273 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 3175Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3188Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3060Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 771Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3156Barred spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3188Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3060Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 771Barred spiral14 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).