NGC 3182
NGC 3182
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
55k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3182 as it looked roughly 99 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 3225Spiral1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3445Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3471Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical14 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3445Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3471Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical14 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).