NGC 3202
NGC 3202
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sa
310 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
114k ly
across
14.1
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 310 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3202 as it looked roughly 310 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 3207Lenticular15 million ly
apartNGC 3205Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular26 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3205Spiral16 million ly
apartNGC 3159Elliptical26 million ly
apartNGC 3179Lenticular26 million ly
apartNGC 3160Spiral26 million ly
apartNGC 3237Lenticular26 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).