IC 3138 NED01
IC 3138 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
1.3 billion ly
from Earth · from redshift
167k ly
across
16.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 1.3 billion ly from home, you are seeing IC 3138 NED01 as it looked roughly 1.3 billion 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 3031Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 3447Spiral80 million ly
apartIC 3418Irregular81 million ly
apartIC 3558Barred spiral97 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral150 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3447Spiral80 million ly
apartIC 3418Irregular81 million ly
apartIC 3558Barred spiral97 million ly
apartIC 3246Barred spiral150 million ly
apartIC 3422Spiral150 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).