NGC 3140
NGC 3140
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
394 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
110k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 394 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3140 as it looked roughly 394 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 3141Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3138Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3138Barred spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical48 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).