NGC 3268
NGC 3268
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
131 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
133k ly
across
11.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 131 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3268 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 3258Elliptical910,000 ly
apartNGC 3281CLenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3289Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3223Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral7.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3281CLenticular2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3289Lenticular2.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258ALenticular6.2 million ly
apartNGC 3223Barred spiral6.5 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral7.2 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).