IC 3022
IC 3022
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
294 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 294 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3022 as it looked roughly 294 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 3014Barred spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4156Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 4227Lenticular29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4097Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 4156Barred spiral22 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 4148Lenticular25 million ly
apartNGC 4227Lenticular29 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).