NGC 3188
NGC 3188
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
365 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
89k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 365 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3188 as it looked roughly 365 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 3214Lenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3164Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral22 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical22 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular24 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).