NGC 3196
NGC 3196
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
707 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
95k ly
across
16.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 707 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3196 as it looked roughly 707 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 2565Lenticular15 million ly
apartIC 2569Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 2564Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral130 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2569Elliptical71 million ly
apartNGC 3099Elliptical76 million ly
apartIC 2564Elliptical130 million ly
apartIC 2502Spiral130 million ly
apartIC 2503Barred spiral130 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).