IC 3046
IC 3046
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
376 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
147k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 376 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3046 as it looked roughly 376 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 3047Barred spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3079Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3062Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3128BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4186Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3079Lenticular10 million ly
apartIC 3062Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 3128BBarred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 4186Spiral15 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).