NGC 3171
NGC 3171
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3171 as it looked roughly 162 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 3240Spiral8.0 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3178Spiral14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3200Spiral8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral9.0 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular10 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3178Spiral14 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).