IC 3003
IC 3003
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
85k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3003 as it looked roughly 365 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 4113Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3002Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4031Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3002Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 3001Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 3212Spiral37 million ly
apartIC 3263Barred spiral37 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).