IC 3007
IC 3007
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
319 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 319 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3007 as it looked roughly 319 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 2999Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3971Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4229Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 4211ALenticular22 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3971Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 4229Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 2967Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 4211ALenticular22 million ly
apartIC 3330Spiral22 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).