NGC 3141
NGC 3141
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
397 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 397 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3141 as it looked roughly 397 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 3140Spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3138Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical48 million ly
apartNGC 3280CElliptical48 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3138Barred spiral42 million ly
apartNGC 3133Barred spiral44 million ly
apartNGC 3025Lenticular48 million ly
apartNGC 3280AElliptical48 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).