NGC 3020
NGC 3020
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
73 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 73 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3020 as it looked roughly 73 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 3024Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3041Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3187Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2777Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3049Barred spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3041Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3187Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2777Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral15 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).