NGC 3064
NGC 3064
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
237 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
79k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 237 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3064 as it looked roughly 237 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 3110Barred spiral8.7 million ly
apartIC 597Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 550Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 597Lenticular17 million ly
apartIC 550Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 2969Spiral17 million ly
apartIC 562Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 599Spiral19 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).