NGC 3200
NGC 3200
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
164 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
195k ly
across
12.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 164 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3200 as it looked roughly 164 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 3178Spiral7.0 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3240Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3171Elliptical8.3 million ly
apartNGC 3124Barred spiral9.3 million ly
apartNGC 3240Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3233Lenticular14 million ly
apartNGC 3091Elliptical15 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).