NGC 3072
NGC 3072
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3072 as it looked roughly 167 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 3076Spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3091Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral15 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).