NGC 3158
NGC 3158
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
323 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
218k ly
across
11.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 323 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3158 as it looked roughly 323 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 3160Spiral2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3151Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral16 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).