NGC 3225
NGC 3225
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
99 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
48k ly
across
13.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 99 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3225 as it looked roughly 99 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 3182Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3445Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3471Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3445Spiral7.6 million ly
apartNGC 3471Barred spiral9.4 million ly
apartNGC 3440Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3613Elliptical13 million ly
apartNGC 3530Lenticular13 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).