NGC 3082
NGC 3082
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3082 as it looked roughly 130 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 3095Spiral3.1 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2537Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3157Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2539Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral6.6 million ly
apartIC 2537Spiral6.8 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3157Barred spiral7.6 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).