IC 3184
IC 3184
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3184 as it looked roughly 317 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 3144Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartIC 3119Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3228Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3119Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 3116Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 3171Elliptical4.4 million ly
apartIC 3228Spiral4.4 million ly
apartIC 780Elliptical5.4 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).