NGC 3089
NGC 3089
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
123 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
70k ly
across
13.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 123 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3089 as it looked roughly 123 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 3051Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartIC 2537Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3082Elliptical7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2537Spiral7.4 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3078Elliptical7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3082Elliptical7.9 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).