NGC 3166
NGC 3166
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
10.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3166 as it looked roughly 62 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 3165Spiral200,000 ly
apartNGC 3156Lenticular450,000 ly
apartNGC 3169Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3044Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 600Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular8.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3156Lenticular450,000 ly
apartNGC 3169Spiral3.6 million ly
apartNGC 3044Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartIC 600Barred spiral8.0 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular8.9 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).