NGC 3095
NGC 3095
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
129 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
135k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 129 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3095 as it looked roughly 129 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 3082Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 2526Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2526Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 2539Barred spiral5.1 million ly
apartNGC 3038Barred spiral5.3 million ly
apartIC 2536Barred spiral5.8 million ly
apartIC 2534Lenticular6.2 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).