NGC 3070
NGC 3070
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
251 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 251 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3070 as it looked roughly 251 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
IC 584Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3069Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3134Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 548Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 552Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3069Spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3134Barred spiral18 million ly
apartIC 548Lenticular24 million ly
apartIC 552Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2948Barred spiral31 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).