NGC 3258D
NGC 3258D
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · Sb
116 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
67k ly
across
14.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 116 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3258D as it looked roughly 116 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 3273Lenticular1.5 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3281BElliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral7.0 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3260Elliptical2.1 million ly
apartNGC 3281BElliptical2.5 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular3.7 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral5.7 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral7.0 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).