NGC 3015
NGC 3015
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
352 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 352 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3015 as it looked roughly 352 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 2936Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 2898Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3062Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 588Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2897Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2878Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2898Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 3062Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 588Spiral34 million ly
apartNGC 2897Lenticular36 million ly
apartNGC 2878Spiral38 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).