NGC 3127
NGC 3127
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
211 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
100k ly
across
14.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 211 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3127 as it looked roughly 211 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 3128Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2541Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral29 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3096Lenticular20 million ly
apartIC 2541Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical28 million ly
apartNGC 3028Barred spiral29 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).