IC 3028
IC 3028
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
10k ly
across
15.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3028 as it looked roughly 60 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 3054Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartIC 3097Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3096Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3361Elliptical4.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3097Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartIC 3096Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 4316Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 3346Elliptical4.3 million ly
apartIC 3361Elliptical4.4 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).