IC 3122
IC 3122
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3122 as it looked roughly 323 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 3154Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 3203Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3116Spiral4.0 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 3203Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical6.5 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).