IC 3065
IC 3065
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
46 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 46 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3065 as it looked roughly 46 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 4379Elliptical2.9 million ly
apartIC 3356Irregular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4394Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3313Elliptical4.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 3356Irregular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 4394Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 3465Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3461Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 3313Elliptical4.2 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).