IC 3159
IC 3159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
368 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
16.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 368 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3159 as it looked roughly 368 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 3128BBarred spiral2.4 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3079Lenticular9.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3149Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral5.6 million ly
apartIC 3199Barred spiral7.8 million ly
apartIC 3127Spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 3079Lenticular9.0 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).