NGC 3226
NGC 3226
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
59 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
54k ly
across
12.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 59 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3226 as it looked roughly 59 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 3177Barred spiral2.3 million ly
apartNGC 3189Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 610Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral4.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3189Spiral2.7 million ly
apartNGC 3185Spiral3.2 million ly
apartNGC 3287Barred spiral3.6 million ly
apartIC 610Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 3162Spiral4.1 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).