IC 3186
IC 3186
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
343 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 343 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3186 as it looked roughly 343 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 3141Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartIC 3146Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3095Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3082Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3146Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apartIC 3095Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 3082Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3206Spiral14 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).