IC 3079
IC 3079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
374 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 374 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3079 as it looked roughly 374 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 3128BBarred spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3159Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 3046Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3159Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartIC 3046Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral13 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).