NGC 3087
NGC 3087
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
80k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3087 as it looked roughly 121 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
IC 2523Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 2558Spiral6.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3108Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular6.9 million ly
apartIC 2558Spiral6.9 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).