NGC 3117

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NGC 3117 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Sextans. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 7,127±25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 342.9 ± 24.0 Mly (105.12 ± 7.37 Mpc).

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Image: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.