NGC 3017
NGC 3017
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
291 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
86k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 291 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3017 as it looked roughly 291 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 3014Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3047BElliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3047BElliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3022Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical16 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).