IC 3107
IC 3107
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
340 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 340 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3107 as it looked roughly 340 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 3151Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3209Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3170Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4410CLenticular19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3209Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3170Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3425Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 4410CLenticular19 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).