NGC 3059
NGC 3059
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3059 as it looked roughly 59 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
IC 2554Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2397Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2397BIrregular15 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2788BBarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 2434Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 2397Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2397BIrregular15 million ly
apartNGC 2442Barred spiral15 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).