NGC 3021
NGC 3021
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
75 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
30k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 75 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3021 as it looked roughly 75 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 2970Elliptical3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3032Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular6.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3011Lenticular3.5 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3032Lenticular5.9 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular6.4 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).