NGC 3055
NGC 3055
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
84 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 84 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3055 as it looked roughly 84 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 3018Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3023Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 560Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3023Spiral6.9 million ly
apartIC 560Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 2967Spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 2966Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2962Lenticular11 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).