NGC 3168
NGC 3168
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
438 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
116k ly
across
14.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 438 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3168 as it looked roughly 438 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 3236Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3408Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral68 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3408Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 2895Barred spiral54 million ly
apartNGC 3284Elliptical62 million ly
apartNGC 3288Spiral62 million ly
apartNGC 3188ABarred spiral68 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).