NGC 3010
NGC 3010
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
220 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
63k ly
across
16.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 220 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3010 as it looked roughly 220 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 3008Lenticular1.1 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral8.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2998Spiral2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral8.1 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).