NGC 3273
NGC 3273
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
117 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
65k ly
across
12.5
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 117 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3273 as it looked roughly 117 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 3258DBarred spiral1.5 million ly
apartIC 2584Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3281BElliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral6.2 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2584Lenticular2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3260Elliptical3.1 million ly
apartNGC 3281BElliptical3.9 million ly
apartNGC 3258CSpiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3281DBarred spiral6.2 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).