IC 3131
IC 3131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
77 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
22k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 77 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3131 as it looked roughly 77 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
NGC 4324Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3118Irregular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4266Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3229Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3591Irregular6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3118Irregular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4266Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 4303Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3229Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 3591Irregular6.2 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).