NGC 3139
NGC 3139
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
430 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
151k ly
across
14.6
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 430 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3139 as it looked roughly 430 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 3133Barred spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3297Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 3280BLenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3296Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral49 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3297Lenticular43 million ly
apartNGC 3280BLenticular44 million ly
apartNGC 3296Elliptical44 million ly
apartNGC 3141Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 579Barred spiral49 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).