NGC 3101
NGC 3101
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
266 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
94k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 266 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3101 as it looked roughly 266 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 3092Lenticular11 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 575Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 592Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3090Elliptical18 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3093Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 575Spiral21 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).