IC 3154
IC 3154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
325 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 325 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3154 as it looked roughly 325 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 3122Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3203Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3176Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3203Barred spiral4.6 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3144Barred spiral8.0 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).