NGC 3081
NGC 3081
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
112 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
87k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 112 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3081 as it looked roughly 112 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 3054Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 2986Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2986Elliptical8.6 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3045Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical11 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).