NGC 3156
NGC 3156
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
62 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
35k ly
across
12.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 62 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3156 as it looked roughly 62 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 3165Spiral350,000 ly
apartNGC 3166Lenticular450,000 ly
apartNGC 3169Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3044Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 600Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular8.7 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3166Lenticular450,000 ly
apartNGC 3169Spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3044Barred spiral5.7 million ly
apartIC 600Barred spiral7.9 million ly
apartIC 549Irregular8.7 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).