IC 3041
IC 3041
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
81 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
17.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 81 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3041 as it looked roughly 81 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 3019Elliptical2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4119Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 3118Irregular5.0 million ly
apartIC 3388Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4119Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 3118Irregular5.0 million ly
apartIC 3388Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical5.5 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).