IC 3032
IC 3032
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
10k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3032 as it looked roughly 56 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 4298Spiral3.5 million ly
apartIC 3344Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4350Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4302Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular4.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3344Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular4.2 million ly
apartNGC 4350Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 4302Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular4.5 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).