IC 3091
IC 3091
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
358 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 358 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3091 as it looked roughly 358 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 3080Barred spiral4.1 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3062Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4186Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 775Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartIC 3062Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 4186Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3235Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular13 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).