IC 3612
IC 3612
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
58 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
18k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 58 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3612 as it looked roughly 58 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 4540Spiral1.3 million ly
apartIC 3457Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4758Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3530Elliptical3.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3457Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular3.3 million ly
apartNGC 4758Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3530Elliptical3.5 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).