NGC 3187
NGC 3187
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
74 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
13.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 74 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3187 as it looked roughly 74 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 3248Lenticular6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3098Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral12 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3193Elliptical9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3213Barred spiral11 million ly
apartNGC 3098Lenticular11 million ly
apartNGC 3265Elliptical12 million ly
apartNGC 3277Spiral12 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).