IC 3004
IC 3004
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3004 as it looked roughly 296 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 3137Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3968Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3973Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3013Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3029Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2990Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3968Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3973Lenticular18 million ly
apartIC 3013Spiral19 million ly
apartIC 3029Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2990Barred spiral24 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).