NGC 3281C
NGC 3281C
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
130 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
43k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 130 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3281C as it looked roughly 130 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 3289Lenticular1.6 million ly
apartNGC 3268Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3347Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral7.3 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3268Elliptical2.0 million ly
apartNGC 3258Elliptical2.6 million ly
apartNGC 3347Barred spiral6.4 million ly
apartNGC 3241Spiral7.2 million ly
apartNGC 3347ABarred spiral7.3 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).