NGC 3107
NGC 3107
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
29k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3107 as it looked roughly 130 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 591Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3153Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3094Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3153Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3094Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular21 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).