NGC 3128
NGC 3128
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
221 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 221 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3128 as it looked roughly 221 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 3127Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartIC 2541Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical34 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2541Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular27 million ly
apartNGC 2924Elliptical30 million ly
apartNGC 2989Spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 2945Elliptical34 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).