IC 3062
IC 3062
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
367 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 367 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3062 as it looked roughly 367 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 4186Spiral7.4 million ly
apartIC 3091Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 3046Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3091Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartIC 775Elliptical9.8 million ly
apartIC 3046Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3149Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 3147 NED01Spiral13 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).