NGC 3003
NGC 3003
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
11.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3003 as it looked roughly 69 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 2524Lenticular2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3067Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular3.2 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3026Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3021Barred spiral5.9 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).