NGC 3108
NGC 3108
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
121 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
90k ly
across
11.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 121 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3108 as it looked roughly 121 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 2526Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3100Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3089Spiral7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3100Lenticular4.6 million ly
apartIC 2523Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3087Elliptical5.6 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral7.5 million ly
apartNGC 3089Spiral7.6 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).