IC 3121 NED01
IC 3121 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
966 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
17.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 966 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3121 NED01 as it looked roughly 966 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 3187Barred spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3020Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3240Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical65 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3020Elliptical40 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral44 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral46 million ly
apartIC 3240Barred spiral60 million ly
apartNGC 4164Elliptical65 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).