IC 3193
IC 3193
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
351 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 351 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3193 as it looked roughly 351 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 3212Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4408Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3112Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4408Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 3262Barred spiral9.8 million ly
apartIC 3367 NED01Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3112Barred spiral13 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).