IC 3128A
IC 3128A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
543 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 543 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3128A as it looked roughly 543 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 3068Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4453 NED01Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 3109Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3244Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 3238Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4453 NED01Barred spiral56 million ly
apartIC 3109Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3244Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 3238Lenticular58 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral59 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).