NGC 3159
NGC 3159
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
316 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
13.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 316 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3159 as it looked roughly 316 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 3151Lenticular3.0 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3160Spiral3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical6.6 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular14 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral17 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).