IC 3099
IC 3099
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
101 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 101 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3099 as it looked roughly 101 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 769Barred spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4189Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 3220Elliptical6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4189Spiral3.9 million ly
apartIC 3358Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 4168Elliptical5.5 million ly
apartNGC 4352Lenticular5.5 million ly
apartIC 3220Elliptical6.0 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).