NGC 3030
NGC 3030
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
124 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
45k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 124 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3030 as it looked roughly 124 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 2979Spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 2947Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2947Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2811Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral23 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).