IC 3148
IC 3148
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
21k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3148 as it looked roughly 116 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 776Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4264Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral5.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4264Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4259Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartIC 782Lenticular5.1 million ly
apartNGC 4224Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 3225Spiral5.3 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).