IC 3058
IC 3058
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Scd
1.1 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
177k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.1 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3058 as it looked roughly 1.1 billion 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 3246Barred spiral54 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3557 NED02Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 3557 NED01Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 3908Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral140 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3422Spiral86 million ly
apartIC 3557 NED02Galaxy110 million ly
apartIC 3557 NED01Elliptical120 million ly
apartNGC 3908Elliptical140 million ly
apartIC 3031Barred spiral140 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).