NGC 3224
NGC 3224
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
141 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
71k ly
across
12.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 141 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3224 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
IC 2559Barred spiral4.8 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 2552Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3223Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3258ALenticular5.6 million ly
apartIC 2552Elliptical5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3223Barred spiral5.9 million ly
apartIC 2560Barred spiral6.0 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).