NGC 3155
NGC 3155
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
137 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 137 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3155 as it looked roughly 137 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 3147Barred spiral6.7 million ly
apartNGC 3183Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3348Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3364Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3516Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2641Lenticular18 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3183Barred spiral6.9 million ly
apartNGC 3348Elliptical7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3364Spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3516Lenticular16 million ly
apartNGC 2641Lenticular18 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).