NGC 3130
NGC 3130
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
382 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
119k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 382 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3130 as it looked roughly 382 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 595Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3186Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 578Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 577Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 581Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3019Spiral48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3186Elliptical27 million ly
apartIC 578Spiral40 million ly
apartIC 577Spiral43 million ly
apartIC 581Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3019Spiral48 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).