NGC 3016
NGC 3016
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
417 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
136k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 417 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3016 as it looked roughly 417 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 3019Spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 577Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 578Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 568Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral30 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 577Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 578Spiral20 million ly
apartIC 568Barred spiral24 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral29 million ly
apartIC 571Barred spiral30 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).