NGC 3186
NGC 3186
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
395 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
124k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 395 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3186 as it looked roughly 395 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 3130Lenticular27 million ly
apartIC 595Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 628Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 621Spiral45 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 595Elliptical30 million ly
apartIC 628Spiral39 million ly
apartIC 634Spiral43 million ly
apartNGC 3326Spiral44 million ly
apartIC 621Spiral45 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).