NGC 3049
NGC 3049
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
68 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
42k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 68 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3049 as it looked roughly 68 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 3020Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3041Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3165Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3156Lenticular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3020Spiral6.8 million ly
apartNGC 3041Spiral8.8 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular9.2 million ly
apartNGC 3165Spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3156Lenticular10 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).