NGC 3026
NGC 3026
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBm
69 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 69 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3026 as it looked roughly 69 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 3032Lenticular4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3067Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular6.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3067Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3011Lenticular5.4 million ly
apartNGC 2968Spiral5.4 million ly
apartNGC 3003Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2524Lenticular6.3 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).