NGC 3197
NGC 3197
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sbc
377 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 377 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3197 as it looked roughly 377 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 3500Spiral40 million ly
apartNGC 3465Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 3215Barred spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral71 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3465Barred spiral46 million ly
apartNGC 3523Barred spiral51 million ly
apartNGC 3215Barred spiral66 million ly
apartNGC 2957 NED01Elliptical68 million ly
apartNGC 3890Spiral71 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).