NGC 3112
NGC 3112
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
185 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
59k ly
across
16.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 185 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3112 as it looked roughly 185 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 3146Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3085Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical16 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).