NGC 3209
NGC 3209
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
288 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
131k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 288 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3209 as it looked roughly 288 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 3270Spiral13 million ly
apartIC 2583Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2551Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical17 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2583Elliptical14 million ly
apartIC 2572Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3232Spiral14 million ly
apartIC 2551Spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3234Elliptical17 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).