IC 3
IC 3
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
254 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 254 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3 as it looked roughly 254 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 78BLenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 117Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 78ALenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 132Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 125Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 117Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 78ALenticular20 million ly
apartIC 1490Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 132Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 125Lenticular24 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).