IC 3188
IC 3188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
275 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 275 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3188 as it looked roughly 275 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 3175Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 3069Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral10 million ly
apartIC 3060Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 771Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3069Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral10 million ly
apartIC 3060Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 771Barred spiral12 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).