NGC 3028
NGC 3028
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
188 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 188 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3028 as it looked roughly 188 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 2989Spiral7.7 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3112Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3146Barred spiral18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3085Lenticular8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3112Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3146Barred spiral18 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).