NGC 3161
NGC 3161
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
293 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
39k ly
across
15.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 293 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3161 as it looked roughly 293 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 3152Lenticular3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3163Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral24 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3163Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartIC 2557Lenticular9.5 million ly
apartIC 2530Elliptical19 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical22 million ly
apartIC 2542Barred spiral24 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).