NGC 3007
NGC 3007
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
142k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3007 as it looked roughly 304 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 553Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3029Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3029Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3014Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical23 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).