NGC 3044
NGC 3044
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
60 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 60 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3044 as it looked roughly 60 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
IC 549Irregular4.7 million ly
apartNGC 3156Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3169Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3165Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3166Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 600Barred spiral8.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3156Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3169Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3165Spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3166Lenticular6.0 million ly
apartIC 600Barred spiral8.2 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).