IC 3127
IC 3127
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
360 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 360 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3127 as it looked roughly 360 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 3147 NED01Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 3159Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3147 NED02Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 3159Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3233Spiral8.1 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular8.4 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).