IC 3029
IC 3029
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
317 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 317 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3029 as it looked roughly 317 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 3008Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartIC 2990Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3093Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4126Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4082Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3996Barred spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2990Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 3093Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4126Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4082Barred spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3996Barred spiral19 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).