NGC 3208
NGC 3208
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
73k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3208 as it looked roughly 141 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 3285BBarred spiral9.4 million ly
apartIC 2597Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3312Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2537Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3314ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2580Spiral16 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2597Elliptical10 million ly
apartNGC 3312Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2537Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3314ABarred spiral15 million ly
apartIC 2580Spiral16 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).