NGC 3041
NGC 3041
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
66 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
62k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 66 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3041 as it looked roughly 66 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 3024Spiral4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3020Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3098Lenticular9.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3020Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3049Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3098Lenticular9.7 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).