NGC 3150
NGC 3150
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
341 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
103k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 341 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3150 as it looked roughly 341 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 3179Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular22 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3158Elliptical19 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral20 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral21 million ly
apartNGC 3151Lenticular22 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).