NGC 3175
NGC 3175
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
50 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
77k ly
across
11.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 50 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3175 as it looked roughly 50 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 3137Spiral1.9 million ly
apartNGC 3113Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular10 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3113Spiral2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3125Elliptical2.2 million ly
apartNGC 2997Spiral5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3355Spiral9.2 million ly
apartIC 2507Irregular10 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).