NGC 3014
NGC 3014
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
78k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3014 as it looked roughly 288 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 3022Lenticular3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3017Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3017Elliptical10 million ly
apartIC 574Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular18 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).