NGC 3057
NGC 3057
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
72 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 72 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3057 as it looked roughly 72 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 2760Elliptical5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2748Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 512Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular10 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2748Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2655Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 512Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 4331Irregular10 million ly
apartNGC 3901Spiral10 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).