IC 3084
IC 3084
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Galaxy
morphology
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
41k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3084 as it looked roughly 316 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 4213Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 772Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3119Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 772Lenticular5.3 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral8.4 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).