IC 3055 NED03
IC 3055 NED03
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
889 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
109k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 889 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3055 NED03 as it looked roughly 889 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 3055 NED01Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartIC 3016Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3016Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3034Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral37 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).