NGC 3092
NGC 3092
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
278 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
105k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 278 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3092 as it looked roughly 278 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 3090Elliptical6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3101Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3093Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3101Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical14 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).