NGC 3054
NGC 3054
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
118k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3054 as it looked roughly 114 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 3078Elliptical3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3084Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3084Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3081Lenticular6.3 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral8.2 million ly
apartNGC 3001Barred spiral10 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).