NGC 3275
NGC 3275
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sab
148 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
121k ly
across
11.7
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 148 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3275 as it looked roughly 148 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 3257Elliptical3.5 million ly
apartNGC 3281Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular9.8 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3281Spiral5.3 million ly
apartNGC 3347BBarred spiral5.8 million ly
apartNGC 3258EBarred spiral6.6 million ly
apartNGC 3224Elliptical9.7 million ly
apartNGC 3358Lenticular9.8 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).