IC 3078
IC 3078
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
924 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
156k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 924 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3078 as it looked roughly 924 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 4164Elliptical25 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3017Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3196Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3017Barred spiral32 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular36 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred 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).