IC 3146
IC 3146
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
51k ly
across
16.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3146 as it looked roughly 347 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 spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3112Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3141Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3112Barred spiral8.9 million ly
apartIC 3141Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3193Barred spiral14 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).