NGC 3090
NGC 3090
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
284 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
12.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 284 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3090 as it looked roughly 284 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 3093Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3092Lenticular6.2 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical11 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).