NGC 3185
NGC 3185
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
57 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
36k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 57 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3185 as it looked roughly 57 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
IC 610Barred spiral2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral5.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3226Elliptical3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral5.5 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).