NGC 3039
NGC 3039
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3039 as it looked roughly 233 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 2960Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2861Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2481Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2948Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2900Barred spiral29 million ly
apartNGC 2861Barred spiral30 million ly
apartIC 2481Barred spiral31 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).