NGC 3099
NGC 3099
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
706 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
236k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 706 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3099 as it looked roughly 706 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
IC 2502Spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 3196Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 2565Lenticular77 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2503Barred spiral58 million ly
apartIC 2497Barred spiral61 million ly
apartIC 2525Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 3196Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 2565Lenticular77 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).