IC 3176
IC 3176
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
329 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 329 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3176 as it looked roughly 329 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 3154Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartIC 3122Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3203Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3122Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral6.7 million ly
apartIC 3203Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical9.4 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).