IC 3089
IC 3089
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3089 as it looked roughly 325 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 3122Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apartIC 3084Galaxy8.5 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 3228Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3084Galaxy8.5 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral9.1 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 3228Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical11 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).