IC 3015
IC 3015
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
95 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 95 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3015 as it looked roughly 95 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 3010Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartIC 764Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4106Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 760Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 764Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 4106Lenticular7.2 million ly
apartNGC 4105Elliptical7.5 million ly
apartIC 760Lenticular9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3936Barred spiral9.7 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).