NGC 3117
NGC 3117
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3117 as it looked roughly 316 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 588Spiral12 million ly
apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 590 NED01Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 594Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 605Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3086Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 590 NED02Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 590 NED01Elliptical26 million ly
apartIC 594Barred spiral27 million ly
apartIC 605Spiral27 million ly
apartNGC 3086Barred spiral33 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).