NGC 3110
NGC 3110
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
130k ly
across
13.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3110 as it looked roughly 238 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 3064Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 597Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3142Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 603Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 599Spiral11 million ly
apartIC 597Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3142Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 603Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral24 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).