NGC 3131
NGC 3131
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
238 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
149k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 238 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3131 as it looked roughly 238 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 3222Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 607Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3134Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3069Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 584Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3070Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 607Barred spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3134Barred spiral31 million ly
apartNGC 3069Spiral36 million ly
apartIC 584Spiral37 million ly
apartNGC 3070Elliptical38 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).