NGC 3010C
NGC 3010C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
216 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 216 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3010C as it looked roughly 216 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 3005Spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3009Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular5.2 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral8.2 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).