NGC 3085
NGC 3085
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
183 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 183 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3085 as it looked roughly 183 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 3112Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3146Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3052Spiral8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral8.8 million ly
apartNGC 3146Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular14 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).