IC 3141
IC 3141
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3141 as it looked roughly 343 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 3186Barred spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3095Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3082Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3146Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3095Spiral7.1 million ly
apartIC 3082Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3146Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical16 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).