NGC 3066
NGC 3066
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
94 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
31k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 94 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3066 as it looked roughly 94 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 3065Lenticular91,000 ly
apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3329Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2634ABarred spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 2636Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 3329Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 2633Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3752Spiral12 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).