IC 3112
IC 3112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
355 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 355 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3112 as it looked roughly 355 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 3146Spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3186Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3193Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3186Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral17 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).