NGC 3157
NGC 3157
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
133 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 133 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3157 as it looked roughly 133 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
IC 2539Barred spiral3.7 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3120Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3082Elliptical7.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2560Barred spiral6.3 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3120Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3095Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3082Elliptical7.6 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).