NGC 3073
NGC 3073
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
55 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
19k ly
across
13.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 55 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3073 as it looked roughly 55 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 3079Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3220Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular9.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3206Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3220Barred spiral3.4 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral9.5 million ly
apartNGC 2742Spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 2950Lenticular9.9 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).