IC 310
IC 310
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
263 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
115k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 263 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 310 as it looked roughly 263 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 1260Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 1259Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1177Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1175Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1273Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 1259Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartNGC 1177Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 1175Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 300Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 1273Lenticular14 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).