NGC 3154
NGC 3154
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBa
307 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
74k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 307 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3154 as it looked roughly 307 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 3303 NED01Barred spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 635Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 565 NED01Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 585Elliptical38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3040 NED01Spiral35 million ly
apartNGC 3303 NED02Spiral35 million ly
apartIC 635Barred spiral38 million ly
apartIC 565 NED01Galaxy38 million ly
apartIC 585Elliptical38 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).