NGC 3088B
NGC 3088B
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
353 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
15.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 353 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3088B as it looked roughly 353 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 2994Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 2988Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 583Spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2988Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 2991Lenticular21 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED02Lenticular23 million ly
apartIC 582Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 583Spiral33 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).