NGC 3061
NGC 3061
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
114 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
52k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 114 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3061 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 2938Spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 2389Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2551Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2389Barred spiral10 million ly
apartIC 529Spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2634Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 2551Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 2550Barred spiral15 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).