IC 3530
IC 3530
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 3530 as it looked roughly 57 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 4539Spiral1.6 million ly
apartNGC 4540Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4350Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 3612Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 4540Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 4350Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 4344Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartIC 3612Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 4459Lenticular4.1 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).