NGC 3079
NGC 3079
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
53 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
125k ly
across
10.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 53 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3079 as it looked roughly 53 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 3073Elliptical2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3206Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3220Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3359Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral11 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3206Barred spiral3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3220Barred spiral4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3310Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3359Spiral9.8 million ly
apartNGC 3631Spiral11 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).