IC 3054
IC 3054
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
16.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3054 as it looked roughly 60 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 3028Lenticular2.1 million ly
apartIC 3096Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 783Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4262Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 781Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical4.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3096Spiral2.3 million ly
apartIC 783Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4262Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 781Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical4.0 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).