IC 3005
IC 3005
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
80 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 80 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3005 as it looked roughly 80 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 3923Elliptical5.2 million ly
apartIC 2995Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 2913Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2995Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3904Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartIC 2913Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3717Barred spiral11 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).