NGC 3178
NGC 3178
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
162 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
69k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 162 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3178 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 3200Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3143Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3145Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3143Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3145Barred spiral13 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical14 million ly
apartNGC 3076Spiral16 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).