IC 3082
IC 3082
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3082 as it looked roughly 336 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 3095Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 3141Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3186Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3089Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3141Lenticular8.1 million ly
apartIC 3186Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 3089Elliptical11 million ly
apartIC 3185Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3176Elliptical13 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).