NGC 3223
NGC 3223
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
136 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
169k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 136 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3223 as it looked roughly 136 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
IC 2560Barred spiral3.3 million ly
apartIC 2559Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical6.5 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2559Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular4.6 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral5.5 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical5.9 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical6.5 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).