IC 3196
IC 3196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
907 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
140k ly
across
16.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 907 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3196 as it looked roughly 907 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 3078Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3016Barred spiral54 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular32 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical43 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral51 million ly
apartIC 3016Barred spiral54 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).