NGC 3071
NGC 3071
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
299 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 299 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3071 as it looked roughly 299 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 3116Elliptical9.3 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2540Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular12 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral21 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).