NGC 3250
NGC 3250
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
113k ly
across
11.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3250 as it looked roughly 131 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 3250ESpiral1.1 million ly
apartNGC 3244Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3250DLenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3318BSpiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral7.9 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3244Spiral2.2 million ly
apartNGC 3250DLenticular5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3318Barred spiral6.0 million ly
apartNGC 3318BSpiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3278Spiral7.9 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).