IC 3170
IC 3170
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3170 as it looked roughly 352 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 3151Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4325Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4410ASpiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4410BLenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4410CLenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4320Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4325Elliptical9.5 million ly
apartNGC 4410ASpiral9.6 million ly
apartNGC 4410BLenticular9.8 million ly
apartNGC 4410CLenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 4320Barred spiral13 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).