IC 3174
IC 3174
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
443 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 443 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3174 as it looked roughly 443 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 3043Spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3037Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred spiral43 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3037Barred spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3012Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular38 million ly
apartIC 3567Barred spiral43 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).