IC 3210
IC 3210
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3210 as it looked roughly 381 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 3165Barred spiral9.6 million ly
apartIC 3402Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4295Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4514Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3402Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 4295Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 3243Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 4514Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical18 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).