NGC 3086
NGC 3086
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
106k ly
across
14.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3086 as it looked roughly 314 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 3083Barred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 594Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3047BElliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 587Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 594Barred spiral24 million ly
apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3047BElliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3007Lenticular27 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).