NGC 3045
NGC 3045
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
106 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
44k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 106 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3045 as it looked roughly 106 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 2986Elliptical6.7 million ly
apartNGC 2935Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2935Barred spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 2992Spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 2983Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 2993Spiral12 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).