NGC 3153
NGC 3153
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
12.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3153 as it looked roughly 131 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 591Barred spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3107Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral21 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3107Spiral5.2 million ly
apartNGC 3230Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3306Barred spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3300Lenticular17 million ly
apartNGC 3367Spiral21 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).