IC 3096
IC 3096
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
20k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3096 as it looked roughly 62 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 4262Elliptical1.3 million ly
apartIC 781Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3054Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 783Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular3.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 781Elliptical1.4 million ly
apartIC 3054Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartIC 783Lenticular3.4 million ly
apartIC 3419Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4477Lenticular3.6 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).