NGC 3191
NGC 3191
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
428 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
88k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 428 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3191 as it looked roughly 428 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 3410Spiral65 million ly
apartIC 2616Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 2617Lenticular82 million ly
apartNGC 3111Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 2607Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 2620Lenticular86 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2616Elliptical82 million ly
apartIC 2617Lenticular82 million ly
apartNGC 3111Elliptical83 million ly
apartIC 2607Barred spiral85 million ly
apartIC 2620Lenticular86 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).