NGC 3009
NGC 3009
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
212 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 212 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3009 as it looked roughly 212 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 3005Spiral910,000 ly
apartNGC 3010CSpiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3010ALenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3010CSpiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3010ALenticular6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3010Elliptical8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3008Lenticular8.4 million ly
apartNGC 2998Spiral10 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).