NGC 3076
NGC 3076
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
168 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 168 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3076 as it looked roughly 168 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 3072Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3091Elliptical5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral7.1 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical16 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).