NGC 3012
NGC 3012
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
541 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
195k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 541 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3012 as it looked roughly 541 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 2508Elliptical28 million ly
apartIC 2496Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2549Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 2981Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 2547Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2475Barred spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2496Barred spiral42 million ly
apartIC 2549Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 2981Spiral67 million ly
apartIC 2547Barred spiral70 million ly
apartIC 2475Barred spiral71 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).