NGC 3111
NGC 3111
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E-S0
347 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
143k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 347 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3111 as it looked roughly 347 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 3135Barred spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3205Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 3202Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED01Elliptical51 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3205Spiral36 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular37 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular41 million ly
apartNGC 3202Spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3406 NED01Elliptical51 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).