NGC 3093
NGC 3093
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
286 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 286 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3093 as it looked roughly 286 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 3090Elliptical1.9 million ly
apartIC 587Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 587Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3092Lenticular8.0 million ly
apartIC 592Barred spiral9.9 million ly
apartIC 593Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3047AElliptical12 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).