IC 3074
IC 3074
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBd
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
9k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3074 as it looked roughly 94 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 3220Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4189Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4352Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 4305Spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 3018Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4189Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical6.3 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).