NGC 3106
NGC 3106
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
75k ly
across
12.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3106 as it looked roughly 289 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 3116Elliptical8.9 million ly
apartNGC 3071Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3071Lenticular12 million ly
apartNGC 3068Elliptical16 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral16 million ly
apartIC 2540Elliptical17 million ly
apartIC 2519Elliptical18 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).