IC 3144
IC 3144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3144 as it looked roughly 317 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 3184Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3122Barred spiral6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3116Spiral3.0 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3122Barred spiral6.2 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).