NGC 3096
NGC 3096
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
197 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
13.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 197 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3096 as it looked roughly 197 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 3028Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3112Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3146Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3127Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3112Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3146Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3127Barred spiral20 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).