NGC 3240
NGC 3240
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
166 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
57k ly
across
13.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 166 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3240 as it looked roughly 166 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 3233Lenticular4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3282Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 2589Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral13 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3282Lenticular7.8 million ly
apartNGC 3171Elliptical8.0 million ly
apartIC 2589Barred spiral9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3200Spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3331Barred spiral13 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).