IC 3019
IC 3019
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3019 as it looked roughly 80 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 3041Spiral2.4 million ly
apartNGC 4119Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4383Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical6.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4119Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartIC 3315Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 4383Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 4405Lenticular6.5 million ly
apartIC 3386Elliptical6.6 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).