NGC 3011
NGC 3011
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
17k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3011 as it looked roughly 72 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 2968Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3032Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3003Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3032Lenticular4.0 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular4.1 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).