NGC 3006
NGC 3006
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
224 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
53k ly
across
15.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 224 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3006 as it looked roughly 224 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 2998Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3008Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral12 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).