NGC 3116
NGC 3116
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
297 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
60k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 297 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3116 as it looked roughly 297 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 2540Elliptical8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3106Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3071Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3106Lenticular8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3071Lenticular9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical15 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral20 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).