NGC 3091
NGC 3091
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
170 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
182k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 170 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3091 as it looked roughly 170 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 3072Lenticular3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3076Spiral5.0 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral7.9 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical14 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).