NGC 3062
NGC 3062
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
384 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
93k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 384 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3062 as it looked roughly 384 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 3015Lenticular34 million ly
apartIC 551Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3186Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 2898Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 2936Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 588Spiral59 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 551Barred spiral49 million ly
apartNGC 3186Elliptical51 million ly
apartNGC 2898Lenticular56 million ly
apartNGC 2936Elliptical57 million ly
apartIC 588Spiral59 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).