IC 3185
IC 3185
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3185 as it looked roughly 336 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 3206Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 3186Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3095Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3141Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3176Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 3186Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3095Spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3141Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3154Elliptical11 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).