NGC 3152
NGC 3152
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
296 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 296 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3152 as it looked roughly 296 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 3161Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular23 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3163Elliptical7.1 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular7.5 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical20 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular23 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).