IC 3157
IC 3157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
835 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
233k ly
across
15.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 835 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3157 as it looked roughly 835 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 3291Spiral24 million ly
apartIC 3275Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular58 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3275Spiral33 million ly
apartIC 3431Spiral42 million ly
apartIC 3409Barred spiral55 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED03Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3055 NED01Lenticular58 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).