NGC 3001
NGC 3001
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
115 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 115 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3001 as it looked roughly 115 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
IC 2531Spiral6.1 million ly
apartIC 2533Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral8.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2533Elliptical6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2904Elliptical7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral8.8 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).