IC 3010
IC 3010
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
93 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
56k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 93 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3010 as it looked roughly 93 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 3015Barred spiral3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular8.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4105Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3885Lenticular8.6 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).