NGC 3048 NED01
NGC 3048 NED01
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Irregular
type · I
466 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
15.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 466 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3048 NED01 as it looked roughly 466 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 3080Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 569Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 2946Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 3016Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 3019Spiral60 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 569Elliptical50 million ly
apartNGC 2946Barred spiral55 million ly
apartNGC 3048 NED02Barred spiral56 million ly
apartNGC 3016Barred spiral57 million ly
apartNGC 3019Spiral60 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).