IC 3168
IC 3168
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
690 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
145k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 690 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3168 as it looked roughly 690 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 3241Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 3306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3205Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 3205Elliptical21 million ly
apartIC 3387Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3403Spiral47 million ly
apartIC 3626Barred spiral70 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).