NGC 3078
NGC 3078
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
11.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3078 as it looked roughly 116 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 3084Spiral520,000 ly
apartNGC 3051Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3089Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3051Elliptical3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3054Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2531Spiral5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3173Spiral7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3089Spiral7.9 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).