IC 3111
IC 3111
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
687 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 687 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3111 as it looked roughly 687 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 3357Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3236Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 3053Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3709Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 3724Spiral87 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral92 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3236Spiral71 million ly
apartIC 3053Spiral72 million ly
apartIC 3709Barred spiral80 million ly
apartIC 3724Spiral87 million ly
apartIC 3173Spiral92 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).