IC 3063
IC 3063
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
113 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
32k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 113 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3063 as it looked roughly 113 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
NGC 4193Spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4200Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 3049Spiral5.0 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral5.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4200Lenticular3.6 million ly
apartIC 3305Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartIC 3049Spiral5.0 million ly
apartComa PinwheelSpiral5.1 million ly
apartIC 3061Barred spiral5.4 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).