NGC 3126
NGC 3126
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
239 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
216k ly
across
13.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 239 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3126 as it looked roughly 239 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 3074Spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3204Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2550Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2518Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2516Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3251Barred spiral31 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3204Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2550Spiral23 million ly
apartIC 2518Elliptical24 million ly
apartIC 2516Elliptical27 million ly
apartNGC 3251Barred spiral31 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).