NGC 3164
NGC 3164
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
363 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
84k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 363 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3164 as it looked roughly 363 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 3188Spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical28 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3214Lenticular7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular24 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical28 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).