IC 3038
IC 3038
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
943 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 943 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3038 as it looked roughly 943 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 spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3187Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 3017Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3187Barred spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical48 million ly
apartIC 3017Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral51 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).