IC 3093
IC 3093
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
328 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 328 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3093 as it looked roughly 328 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 3008Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3029Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4447Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4126Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4446Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4166Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3029Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4447Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4126Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 4446Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 4166Lenticular21 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).