IC 3165
IC 3165
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
389 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 389 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3165 as it looked roughly 389 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
NGC 4295Lenticular6.4 million ly
apartIC 3210Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3210Lenticular9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 4104Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral24 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).