NGC 3143
NGC 3143
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
167 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
40k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 167 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3143 as it looked roughly 167 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 3145Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3178Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3178Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral19 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3072Lenticular22 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).