IC 3109
IC 3109
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
599 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
117k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 599 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3109 as it looked roughly 599 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 3244Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3238Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3327Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3238Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral21 million ly
apartIC 3327Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3574Elliptical52 million ly
apartIC 3340Barred spiral54 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).