NGC 3035
NGC 3035
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
203 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 203 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3035 as it looked roughly 203 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
IC 562Barred spiral26 million ly
apartIC 550Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 597Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3064Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 546Lenticular37 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 550Lenticular29 million ly
apartIC 597Lenticular31 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3064Barred spiral34 million ly
apartIC 546Lenticular37 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).