NGC 3162
NGC 3162
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABc
61 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
37k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 61 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3162 as it looked roughly 61 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 3189Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3177Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3098Lenticular4.6 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3177Barred spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3193Elliptical4.0 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3226Elliptical4.1 million ly
apartNGC 3098Lenticular4.6 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).