NGC 3113
NGC 3113
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
50k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3113 as it looked roughly 50 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 3125Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3137Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3137Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral4.3 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2883Irregular10 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).