IC 3510
IC 3510
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
64 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
15k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 64 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3510 as it looked roughly 64 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 4528Lenticular710,000 ly
apartNGC 4503Lenticular890,000 ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 3349Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4647Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical3.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4503Lenticular890,000 ly
apartNGC 4478Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 3349Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 4647Spiral3.2 million ly
apartIC 3701Elliptical3.2 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).