NGC 3188A
NGC 3188A
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBc
373 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
16.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 373 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3188A as it looked roughly 373 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 3188Spiral8.1 million ly
apartNGC 3164Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular32 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3164Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3214Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3238Lenticular32 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).