NGC 3163
NGC 3163
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
289 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
96k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 289 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3163 as it looked roughly 289 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 3161Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3152Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical27 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3152Lenticular7.1 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular13 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral23 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical27 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).