NGC 3146
NGC 3146
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBb
184 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 184 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3146 as it looked roughly 184 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 3112Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3085Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3085Lenticular9.9 million ly
apartNGC 3096Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 3052Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical17 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular17 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).