IC 3136
IC 3136
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
261 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 261 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3136 as it looked roughly 261 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 773Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 4307ASpiral18 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4588Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3069Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4307ASpiral18 million ly
apartIC 3156Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 3175Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 4588Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 3069Spiral23 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).