IC 3001
IC 3001
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
15.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3001 as it looked roughly 382 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 3002Spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4113Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3003Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4113Barred spiral12 million ly
apartIC 3003Lenticular18 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical31 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).