NGC 3053
NGC 3053
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
173 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 173 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3053 as it looked roughly 173 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 3060Barred spiral2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3075Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2954Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3075Spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 2954Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 2916Barred spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 2874Barred spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 2939Barred spiral30 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).