IC 3116
IC 3116
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3116 as it looked roughly 319 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 3144Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3122Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3119Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3122Barred spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3184Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical6.6 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).