NGC 3023
NGC 3023
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
88 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
46k ly
across
12.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 88 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3023 as it looked roughly 88 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 3018Barred spiral870,000 ly
apartIC 560Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3055Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2974Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral9.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 560Lenticular2.8 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3055Spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 2974Elliptical8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral9.2 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).