IC 3128B
IC 3128B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
369 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
18.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 369 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3128B as it looked roughly 369 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 3159Barred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 3079Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral9.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3149Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 3079Lenticular6.7 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral9.1 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).