NGC 3102
NGC 3102
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
142 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 142 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3102 as it looked roughly 142 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 3043Barred spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2870Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3392Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3394Spiral27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2870Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3488Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3398Spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3392Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3394Spiral27 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).