NGC 3215
NGC 3215
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBbc
441 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
122k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 441 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3215 as it looked roughly 441 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 3212Barred spiral15 million ly
apartNGC 3197Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 2601Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 2600Galaxy72 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical83 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3197Barred spiral66 million ly
apartIC 2601Elliptical70 million ly
apartNGC 4954Lenticular70 million ly
apartIC 2600Galaxy72 million ly
apartNGC 5262Elliptical83 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).