IC 3101
IC 3101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
67 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 67 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3101 as it looked roughly 67 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 3192Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 4313Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3349Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3077Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical3.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4313Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4330Spiral2.8 million ly
apartIC 3349Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3077Spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical3.8 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).