IC 3002
IC 3002
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
381 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
68k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 381 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3002 as it looked roughly 381 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 3001Barred spiral1.7 million ly
apartNGC 4113Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3003Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4113Barred spiral11 million ly
apartIC 3003Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 4031Barred spiral20 million ly
apartIC 2971Elliptical29 million ly
apartNGC 4272Elliptical30 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).