IC 3012
IC 3012
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
453 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 453 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3012 as it looked roughly 453 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 3037Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 3043Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 748Elliptical36 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3043Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2991Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 4083Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 3174Spiral26 million ly
apartIC 748Elliptical36 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).