NGC 3137
NGC 3137
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
52 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
11.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 52 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3137 as it looked roughly 52 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 3125Elliptical980,000 ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral9.4 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3113Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3175Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral5.2 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular8.7 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral9.4 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).