NGC 3160
NGC 3160
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
320 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 320 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3160 as it looked roughly 320 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 3151Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3158Elliptical2.8 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical3.9 million ly
apartIC 2535Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular16 million ly
apartIC 2527Barred spiral16 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).