NGC 3135
NGC 3135
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
336 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
98k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 336 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3135 as it looked roughly 336 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 3111Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3205Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3202Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular41 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3205Spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular23 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular29 million ly
apartNGC 3202Spiral32 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular41 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).