NGC 3144
NGC 3144
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
304 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
99k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 304 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3144 as it looked roughly 304 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 2963Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 2957ASpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 2957ASpiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3343Elliptical16 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3562Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral33 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).