NGC 3051
NGC 3051
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
119 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
76k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 119 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3051 as it looked roughly 119 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 3078Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3089Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral8.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3084Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3089Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral8.3 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).