NGC 3179
NGC 3179
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
333 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
180k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 333 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3179 as it looked roughly 333 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 3237Lenticular13 million ly
apartNGC 3205Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3150Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral19 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3205Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3207Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3150Barred spiral17 million ly
apartNGC 3158Elliptical18 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral19 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).