NGC 3008
NGC 3008
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3008 as it looked roughly 221 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 3010Elliptical1.1 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral8.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2998Spiral1.8 million ly
apartNGC 3006Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3005Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3009Barred spiral8.4 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).