NGC 3100
NGC 3100
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3100 as it looked roughly 117 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
IC 2533Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2531Spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3108Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral7.0 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).