IC 3187
IC 3187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
963 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
193k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 963 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3187 as it looked roughly 963 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 3240Barred spiral35 million ly
apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3020Elliptical70 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3121 NED01Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3038Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 3078Barred spiral50 million ly
apartIC 3196Barred spiral57 million ly
apartIC 3020Elliptical70 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).